Giving a sick person from zakah to purchase a house
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I have a relative who was struck by an illness and stopped working. He wants to buy a house for himself and his family, and he is short of a sum of money.
The Shaykh:
I have a relative.
The questioner:
He was struck by an illness and stopped working. He wants to buy a house for himself and his family, and he is short of a sum of money. The question is: can he be given from the zakah to complete the amount for buying the house?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if his money is a house that is sufficient for him, he is helped from the zakah; because the house is among the necessities, and shelter is among the necessities. He is helped from the zakah. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I have a relative who was struck by an illness and stopped working. He wants to buy a house for himself and his family, and he is short of a sum of money.
The Shaykh:
I have a relative.
The questioner:
He was struck by an illness and stopped working. He wants to buy a house for himself and his family, and he is short of a sum of money. The question is: can he be given from the zakah to complete the amount for buying the house?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if his money is a house that is sufficient for him, he is helped from the zakah; because the house is among the necessities, and shelter is among the necessities. He is helped from the zakah. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - ٠٧٥-كتاب الطلاق - ٣-٢-٢٥ هـ — archive.org (28:21)
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