Paying Zakah to Parents to Purchase a House
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The Shaykh:
No, this person is unable to perform a pillar, unable to perform a pillar except for the imam of the neighborhood, the regular imam of the neighborhood. If he becomes ill, if he started the prayer standing and then became ill and sat down, he completes it standing. And if he started the prayer with them sitting, they sit. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 1238Sahih (Darussalam). Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, and excellence.
The Shaykh:
In the narration, "Ajamun" with the waw. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on paying zakah to one's parents in order to purchase a house?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to give zakah to one's father from his son, nor the reverse, nor to give zakah from a son to his father; the two ends of the lineage.
No, this person is unable to perform a pillar, unable to perform a pillar except for the imam of the neighborhood, the regular imam of the neighborhood. If he becomes ill, if he started the prayer standing and then became ill and sat down, he completes it standing. And if he started the prayer with them sitting, they sit. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
and if he prays sitting down then pray sitting down.
وإذا صلى قاعدا فصلوا قعودا أجمعينThe presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, and excellence.
The Shaykh:
In the narration, "Ajamun" with the waw. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on paying zakah to one's parents in order to purchase a house?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to give zakah to one's father from his son, nor the reverse, nor to give zakah from a son to his father; the two ends of the lineage.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب العضل — islamhouse.com (1:08:58)
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