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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Who are those for whom a man is obligated to provide financial maintenance?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: The rule is that it is not permissible to give zakah to those for whom you are obligated to provide financial maintenance. He asks: Who are those for whom I am obligated to provide financial maintenance?

Answer:
Your needy relatives who, if they died, you would inherit from by a fixed share or as a residuary heir. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2710 -3022] من هم الذين تجب على الرجل نفقتهم؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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