Giving charity to the father when the children are in need
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The questioner:
This questioner says: A poor man has a small amount of money and wants to give charity to his father. If he gives it to someone else, his children will go hungry. Is it permissible for him to give charity to his father for the sake of his children?
The Shaykh:
Repeat it.
The questioner:
A poor man has a small amount of money and wants to give charity to his father. If he gives it to someone else, his children will go hungry. Is it permissible for him to give charity to his father for the sake of his children?
The Shaykh:
This is correct. If his children are in harm, he starts with his children. He is obligated to provide for his children. If his father is settled and his children are with him, he saves them all according to his capacity; he strives. But if his father is able and his children are poor, or the opposite, his children are wealthy and his father is poor, he starts with the poor one. If it is his father, he starts with him. If it is his children, he starts with them. If they are all poor, he divides the small amount among them so that he saves them all. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
This questioner says: A poor man has a small amount of money and wants to give charity to his father. If he gives it to someone else, his children will go hungry. Is it permissible for him to give charity to his father for the sake of his children?
The Shaykh:
Repeat it.
The questioner:
A poor man has a small amount of money and wants to give charity to his father. If he gives it to someone else, his children will go hungry. Is it permissible for him to give charity to his father for the sake of his children?
The Shaykh:
This is correct. If his children are in harm, he starts with his children. He is obligated to provide for his children. If his father is settled and his children are with him, he saves them all according to his capacity; he strives. But if his father is able and his children are poor, or the opposite, his children are wealthy and his father is poor, he starts with the poor one. If it is his father, he starts with him. If it is his children, he starts with them. If they are all poor, he divides the small amount among them so that he saves them all. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
فتاوى المسجد الحرام (شعبان ١٤١٧ هـ) - ٤ — archive.org (51:02)
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