The ruling on giving zakah to a brother whose salary is insufficient
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A woman says that she has a brother whose salary is not enough for him. Is it permissible for her to give him from the zakah of her wealth?
Answer:
If he has children who would be prevented from inheriting from him if he died, then she gives it to him. But if he has no children, and if he died they would be the heirs, then the school of thought is that she does not give it to him, but rather she spends on him from her own wealth. A person who is in need, has no earnings, and is unable to work, she is required to spend on him from her wealth, and she does not give him the zakah.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A woman says that she has a brother whose salary is not enough for him. Is it permissible for her to give him from the zakah of her wealth?
Answer:
If he has children who would be prevented from inheriting from him if he died, then she gives it to him. But if he has no children, and if he died they would be the heirs, then the school of thought is that she does not give it to him, but rather she spends on him from her own wealth. A person who is in need, has no earnings, and is unable to work, she is required to spend on him from her wealth, and she does not give him the zakah.
Source
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