Giving a woman’s zakah of her wealth to her husband
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman asking, and she says: Is it permissible for her to give the zakah of her wealth to her husband?
Answer:
This is a matter of scholarly disagreement among the scholars, because he may spend on her, he may spend this zakah on her, and return it to her. She gives it to her husband from other than the zakah, if she wants to give it to him from other than the zakah.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman asking, and she says: Is it permissible for her to give the zakah of her wealth to her husband?
Answer:
This is a matter of scholarly disagreement among the scholars, because he may spend on her, he may spend this zakah on her, and return it to her. She gives it to her husband from other than the zakah, if she wants to give it to him from other than the zakah.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وتمام الكلام في هذا المقام العظيم يتبين بأصول نافعة جامعة — islamhouse.com (1:04:34)
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