The Ruling on Giving Zakah to Relatives

The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.

The questioner:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible to give zakah to one's father, mother, brothers, and sisters?

The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad. May Allah send prayers upon him and his family and his Companions. As for what follows: Zakah is not permissible for the ancestor of the one giving zakah, nor for his descendant. It is not permissible for his parents or his grandparents, and his zakah is not permissible for his children or his children's children. It is not permissible for the descendant, nor for the ancestor.
This is because he is obligated to provide for them if they are in need, poor, and he has the ability to spend on them.
As for brothers and sisters, if they have male children and they are poor, it is not permissible to give them zakah, and they are more deserving of it than distant relatives. However, if they do not have male children who would prevent the one giving zakah from inheriting, the scholars differ regarding giving them zakah. Because if a wealthy person inherits from a poor relative, they said that he is obligated to provide for him if he does not find provision and his wealthy relative is able to provide for him; he is obligated to provide for him, so he does not use zakah as a substitute for his obligation to provide for him. Yes.

The presenter:
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