Completing the obligatory maintenance for a relative from zakah
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. We have learned that the one who provides maintenance must spend on the one he is maintaining, if that person is not in his direct line of descent, to the extent of his inheritance share from him. Is it permissible for the provider, after giving the obligatory amount, to complete the rest from zakah?
The Shaykh:
No. He gives him what is obligatory upon him, and the others give what is obligatory upon them, and by this he becomes self-sufficient, so he does not need the zakah.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Is the maintenance of the wife and children
The Shaykh:
something that makes the zakah a protection for his wealth? He must spend on them, so he does not make the zakah a substitute for the maintenance, for that would become a protection for his wealth.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. We have learned that the one who provides maintenance must spend on the one he is maintaining, if that person is not in his direct line of descent, to the extent of his inheritance share from him. Is it permissible for the provider, after giving the obligatory amount, to complete the rest from zakah?
The Shaykh:
No. He gives him what is obligatory upon him, and the others give what is obligatory upon them, and by this he becomes self-sufficient, so he does not need the zakah.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Is the maintenance of the wife and children
The Shaykh:
something that makes the zakah a protection for his wealth? He must spend on them, so he does not make the zakah a substitute for the maintenance, for that would become a protection for his wealth.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 087-نفقة الأقارب والمماليك - 17-7-25 هـ — archive.org (57:38)
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