Paying Zakah to a Brother or Father in a Separate House
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for me to pay my zakah to my brother or my father? Is it permissible?
The Shaykh:
To pay the zakah.
The questioner:
To my brother or my father if he is in my mother's house.
The Shaykh:
To pay the zakah to my brother or my father if he is in a house separate from mine and he is in need? No, it is obligatory for you to spend on him, and he is in a separate house; it is obligatory that you spend on him what is with you. If you are able to spend and he is poor, you spend on him in another house. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for me to pay my zakah to my brother or my father? Is it permissible?
The Shaykh:
To pay the zakah.
The questioner:
To my brother or my father if he is in my mother's house.
The Shaykh:
To pay the zakah to my brother or my father if he is in a house separate from mine and he is in need? No, it is obligatory for you to spend on him, and he is in a separate house; it is obligatory that you spend on him what is with you. If you are able to spend and he is poor, you spend on him in another house. Yes.
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، فصل: بيان من لا تحل لهم الزكاة — islamhouse.com (59:06)
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