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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Giving zakah to a husband who is unable to pay the remaining mahr

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Question:
This young man says that he has a friend who got married and still owes an amount of the mahr equivalent to five thousand riyals. Is it permissible for me to give him from the zakah?

Answer:
If he is unable to pay the remaining mahr and is being demanded to pay it, do you give him from the zakah? Yes.
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/236 — archive.org (5:22)

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