Paying Zakah to Poor Relatives
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The questioner:
Salih, may Allah preserve you and bless you. Umm 'Abd al-Rahman from Jazan has a number of questions. We will address some of them in this episode and postpone the rest, if Allah wills, for one of the upcoming episodes. Her first question is: We want to pay zakah worth three hundred and fifty riyals from five people to our relatives. Three orphaned, poor girls. Is this zakah valid?
The Shaykh:
Yes, they are more deserving of your zakah if they are in need. Zakah for needy relatives is more deserving than zakah for others. Yes.
The questioner:
And is anyone among the relatives excluded from this?
The Shaykh:
Those who are obligated to provide for them are excluded; those whose financial maintenance is obligatory upon him, he does not give them his zakah. As for those whose financial maintenance is not obligatory upon him and who are in need, they are more deserving of it. Yes.
Salih, may Allah preserve you and bless you. Umm 'Abd al-Rahman from Jazan has a number of questions. We will address some of them in this episode and postpone the rest, if Allah wills, for one of the upcoming episodes. Her first question is: We want to pay zakah worth three hundred and fifty riyals from five people to our relatives. Three orphaned, poor girls. Is this zakah valid?
The Shaykh:
Yes, they are more deserving of your zakah if they are in need. Zakah for needy relatives is more deserving than zakah for others. Yes.
The questioner:
And is anyone among the relatives excluded from this?
The Shaykh:
Those who are obligated to provide for them are excluded; those whose financial maintenance is obligatory upon him, he does not give them his zakah. As for those whose financial maintenance is not obligatory upon him and who are in need, they are more deserving of it. Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7483 — youtube.com (2:56)
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