Giving from zakah to sons and brothers for the need of marriage
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh Salih (may Allah preserve him), this is Muhammad Adam. He says: The verse that specifies the eight categories of zakah recipients. He says some of these people are not found in this time, but needs have diversified. For example, a son who needs to get married, or a brother, are they given from the zakah?
Answer:
No, zakah is not distributed to children or parents. The direct line of descent, you do not give your zakah to them, because it is obligatory for you to spend on them if they are in need, and you are able to spend on them, it is obligatory for you to spend on them, so do not make the zakah a shield for your wealth. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh Salih (may Allah preserve him), this is Muhammad Adam. He says: The verse that specifies the eight categories of zakah recipients. He says some of these people are not found in this time, but needs have diversified. For example, a son who needs to get married, or a brother, are they given from the zakah?
Answer:
No, zakah is not distributed to children or parents. The direct line of descent, you do not give your zakah to them, because it is obligatory for you to spend on them if they are in need, and you are able to spend on them, it is obligatory for you to spend on them, so do not make the zakah a shield for your wealth. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (085) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-04-01] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (32:49)
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