The ruling on spending zakah on a son studying abroad
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Question:
This questioner says: Your Excellency the Shaykh, one of my sons is studying outside the Kingdom in one of the Arab countries at my own expense. Is it permissible for me to spend on him from the zakah?
Answer:
By Allah, this is not a blanket ruling. If his studies are not in a field that contains falsehood, if there is no falsehood in them but rather benefit, and if the man is upright in his religion and his honor, and he is poor and needs assistance, then there is no harm. Because this study is needed by him and by other Muslims, if that is the case. But if he is a lost person, or if his studies have no benefit, then he is not given from the zakah; one does not assist in evil. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:2] So this varies depending on the students sent abroad and those studying abroad. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
This questioner says: Your Excellency the Shaykh, one of my sons is studying outside the Kingdom in one of the Arab countries at my own expense. Is it permissible for me to spend on him from the zakah?
Answer:
By Allah, this is not a blanket ruling. If his studies are not in a field that contains falsehood, if there is no falsehood in them but rather benefit, and if the man is upright in his religion and his honor, and he is poor and needs assistance, then there is no harm. Because this study is needed by him and by other Muslims, if that is the case. But if he is a lost person, or if his studies have no benefit, then he is not given from the zakah; one does not assist in evil. Allah the Exalted said:
And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression.
وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
الفتن وموقف المسلم منها — alfawzan.live (27:55)
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