Giving zakah to the maternal grandmother
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for a man to give his zakah to his grandmother on his mother’s side?
Answer:
Is it permissible? No, he does not give it to his ancestors or his descendants. The grandmother is among the ancestors, whether on the mother’s side or the father’s side; she is an ancestor. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for a man to give his zakah to his grandmother on his mother’s side?
Answer:
Is it permissible? No, he does not give it to his ancestors or his descendants. The grandmother is among the ancestors, whether on the mother’s side or the father’s side; she is an ancestor. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 087-نفقة الأقارب والمماليك - 17-7-25 هـ — archive.org (1:19:47)
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