Giving zakah to poor parents
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man has zakah on his wealth. Is it permissible for him to give it to one of his parents? His parents are separated from each other, and neither lives with the other, and both are poor.
Answer:
If it is his own zakah, this is not permissible. He must provide for them; he does not make the zakah a substitute for the obligation of providing for them, as his wealth is sufficient to cover it. However, if the zakah is from someone else, and one person gave you zakah and said, “Give it to the poor,” and your father is poor, there is nothing wrong with giving him from it. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man has zakah on his wealth. Is it permissible for him to give it to one of his parents? His parents are separated from each other, and neither lives with the other, and both are poor.
Answer:
If it is his own zakah, this is not permissible. He must provide for them; he does not make the zakah a substitute for the obligation of providing for them, as his wealth is sufficient to cover it. However, if the zakah is from someone else, and one person gave you zakah and said, “Give it to the poor,” and your father is poor, there is nothing wrong with giving him from it. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب اجتناب النجاسات ومواضع الصلوات — islamhouse.com (1:03:59)
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