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The ruling on giving zakah to relatives, such as brothers and sisters?

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Question:
He asks: Is it permissible to give zakah to relatives, namely brothers and sisters, who have a source of income but it is meager?

Answer:
Zakah is obligatory for the poor person, who is the one who finds nothing or finds only part of his sufficiency; he is given what completes his sufficiency for a year. Relatives are more deserving of it, unless the relative is from the parents or from the children, meaning from the descendants of the one paying zakah or from his ancestors, in which case his zakah is not permissible for them. Or if the relative is someone whom the one paying zakah would inherit from if he died, because there is no one to block the inheritance, then it is not permissible for him according to one of the two opinions of the scholars. Because in this situation, he is required to spend on him, so he does not make the zakah a protection for his wealth. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5675- حكم دفع الزكاة إلى الأقارب كالإخوة والأخوات ؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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