The Ruling on Taking from Zakah to Marry a Second Wife
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: Is it permissible for me to take from the zakah of wealth to marry a second wife, given that my wife has refrained from bearing children due to an illness, and I fear fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) for myself and hope to have righteous offspring?
Answer:
If this is the intention, and if your wife has been afflicted with something that prevents her from bearing children, and you desire offspring but do not have the means to marry a second wife, then you may take from the zakah. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: Is it permissible for me to take from the zakah of wealth to marry a second wife, given that my wife has refrained from bearing children due to an illness, and I fear fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) for myself and hope to have righteous offspring?
Answer:
If this is the intention, and if your wife has been afflicted with something that prevents her from bearing children, and you desire offspring but do not have the means to marry a second wife, then you may take from the zakah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [190] حكم الأخذ من الزكاة للزواج بالثانية - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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