Giving the Divorced Woman from Zakah and the Child's Maintenance
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Allah blessed me with a child, then I divorced my wife, and I provide my son with maintenance every month. He says: Allah blessed me with a child, then I divorced my wife, and I provide my son with maintenance every month. His question is: Is it permissible for me to give her a portion of the zakah?
Answer:
If you divorced her and she is poor, there is nothing wrong with giving her from the zakah, and you give your son his maintenance. However, if you count your son's maintenance as part of the zakah, that is not permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Allah blessed me with a child, then I divorced my wife, and I provide my son with maintenance every month. He says: Allah blessed me with a child, then I divorced my wife, and I provide my son with maintenance every month. His question is: Is it permissible for me to give her a portion of the zakah?
Answer:
If you divorced her and she is poor, there is nothing wrong with giving her from the zakah, and you give your son his maintenance. However, if you count your son's maintenance as part of the zakah, that is not permissible. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب السترة أمام المصلي وحكم المرور دونها — islamhouse.com (1:07:04)
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