Giving Zakah to One Who Wants to Get Married
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Question:
The questioner asks: Is it permissible to give zakah to a person who wants to get married?
Answer:
If he is unable to pay the mahr, he is helped from the zakah. But if he is able to pay the mahr, he does not take from the zakah. It is fine to help him as a voluntary gift, but zakah is only for the poor and the needy. I move on to the brothers in al-Jawf. And among them are those who do not pray.
The questioner asks: Is it permissible to give zakah to a person who wants to get married?
Answer:
If he is unable to pay the mahr, he is helped from the zakah. But if he is able to pay the mahr, he does not take from the zakah. It is fine to help him as a voluntary gift, but zakah is only for the poor and the needy. I move on to the brothers in al-Jawf. And among them are those who do not pray.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-067-صفة الحج وما يفعله الحاج من الأعمال|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:06:39)
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