Is it permissible for the agent in distributing zakah to pay it to his father if he is poor?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I spend on my parents, and it has been about two months, and I have not been able to give them anything. Then the zakah of my wealth came, so I gave my father a portion of it. What is the ruling on my action? And is the zakat payer’s obligation discharged by my action?
Answer:
If you are appointed as an agent to pay the zakah, do not take anything from it for yourself, nor for your child, nor for your parent. It is not permissible for you to do this; it is favoritism. You are a trustee; do not take anything from it for yourself, nor for your parent, nor for your child, unless the owner of the zakah says, “Give your father from it,” in which case there is no harm.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I spend on my parents, and it has been about two months, and I have not been able to give them anything. Then the zakah of my wealth came, so I gave my father a portion of it. What is the ruling on my action? And is the zakat payer’s obligation discharged by my action?
Answer:
If you are appointed as an agent to pay the zakah, do not take anything from it for yourself, nor for your child, nor for your parent. It is not permissible for you to do this; it is favoritism. You are a trustee; do not take anything from it for yourself, nor for your parent, nor for your child, unless the owner of the zakah says, “Give your father from it,” in which case there is no harm.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2553 -2802] هل يجوز للوكيل في توزيع الزكاة دفعها لأبيه إذا كان فقيرا - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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