If it is not permissible to give zakah to a husband, how is the payment of 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud's wife to be answered?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If it is not permissible to give zakah to a husband, how is the payment of 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud's wife to be answered?
Answer:
It is not permissible for a husband to give his zakah to his wife, because her financial maintenance is obligatory upon him. As for the wife, it is not obligatory for her to provide her husband's financial maintenance. Therefore, they differed on whether she should give her zakah to her husband or not. There is scholarly disagreement on this issue. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If it is not permissible to give zakah to a husband, how is the payment of 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud's wife to be answered?
Answer:
It is not permissible for a husband to give his zakah to his wife, because her financial maintenance is obligatory upon him. As for the wife, it is not obligatory for her to provide her husband's financial maintenance. Therefore, they differed on whether she should give her zakah to her husband or not. There is scholarly disagreement on this issue. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1071 -3022] إذا كانت الزكاة لا يجوز دفعها إلى الزوج، فكيف يجاب عن دفع زوجة عبد الله بن مسعود؟ — youtube.com
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