I am supporting my mother and my maternal siblings in my house, so is it permissible for me to give them from the zakah?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. My father passed away, and my mother married. Her husband lives outside the Kingdom and is going through difficult financial circumstances. I am currently supporting my mother and my maternal siblings, and they are with me in the same house. His question is: Is it permissible for me to give them from the zakah and pay it as tuition fees for schools?
Answer:
As long as you are providing for their expenses and taking care of them, do not give them from the zakah. Seek reward from Allah and do not use the zakah for your support of them. If they were not under your care and not in your house, but in another house, and they were in need, there would be no harm. But they are in your house, and you are fulfilling your duty toward them. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. My father passed away, and my mother married. Her husband lives outside the Kingdom and is going through difficult financial circumstances. I am currently supporting my mother and my maternal siblings, and they are with me in the same house. His question is: Is it permissible for me to give them from the zakah and pay it as tuition fees for schools?
Answer:
As long as you are providing for their expenses and taking care of them, do not give them from the zakah. Seek reward from Allah and do not use the zakah for your support of them. If they were not under your care and not in your house, but in another house, and they were in need, there would be no harm. But they are in your house, and you are fulfilling your duty toward them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [380 -939] أعول أمي وإخوتي من أمي في بيتي فهل يجوز أن أعطيهم من الزكاة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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