Giving to brothers and sisters from the zakah of wealth
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it permissible to give to brothers and sisters from the zakah of wealth?
Answer:
Yes, there is nothing wrong with it if they are poor, for they are the most deserving of it. Relatives are the most deserving of it. Is charity to a relative one reward or two? It is charity and maintaining family ties. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it permissible to give to brothers and sisters from the zakah of wealth?
Answer:
Yes, there is nothing wrong with it if they are poor, for they are the most deserving of it. Relatives are the most deserving of it. Is charity to a relative one reward or two? It is charity and maintaining family ties. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وتمام الكلام في هذا المقام العظيم يتبين بأصول نافعة جامعة — islamhouse.com (1:02:36)
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