Giving a father’s zakah to his poor son
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for a father to give the zakah of his wealth to his son, given that his son is poor and lives in a separate house from him?
Answer:
My brother, if his son is poor and the father is wealthy, the son’s financial maintenance is obligatory upon his father, and he does not make the zakah a substitute for the maintenance. Likewise, if the son is wealthy and his father is poor, the father’s maintenance is obligatory upon him, and he does not give him the zakah to preserve his wealth. No. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for a father to give the zakah of his wealth to his son, given that his son is poor and lives in a separate house from him?
Answer:
My brother, if his son is poor and the father is wealthy, the son’s financial maintenance is obligatory upon his father, and he does not make the zakah a substitute for the maintenance. Likewise, if the son is wealthy and his father is poor, the father’s maintenance is obligatory upon him, and he does not give him the zakah to preserve his wealth. No. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من قول المُصَنِّف : الوجه الثاني : أن الله - سبحانه وتعالى - خلق الخلق لعبادته — islamhouse.com (1:04:34)
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