Is it permissible for me to give my brother from the zakah, knowing that he is infertile and that I would inherit from him if he died?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. Regarding the salam, he says: If my brother has no children, is infertile, and there is no one who prevents me from inheriting from him, is it permissible for me to give him zakah, even though I may inherit from him?
Answer:
No, according to the school of thought, you do not give him zakah, because you are obligated to provide for him if he is cut off from support and unable to earn a living, and he is in need; it is obligatory for you to spend on him. Yes, Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:233] Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. Regarding the salam, he says: If my brother has no children, is infertile, and there is no one who prevents me from inheriting from him, is it permissible for me to give him zakah, even though I may inherit from him?
Answer:
No, according to the school of thought, you do not give him zakah, because you are obligated to provide for him if he is cut off from support and unable to earn a living, and he is in need; it is obligatory for you to spend on him. Yes, Allah the Exalted said:
And upon the [father's] heir is [a duty] like that [of the father].
وَعَلَى الْوَارِثِ مِثْلُ ذَٰلِكَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [652 -954] هل يجوز أن أعطي أخي من الزكاة علما أنه عقيم، وقد أرثه إذا مات؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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