A man has zakat due on his wife’s jewelry, so he wants to pay it and give it to his brothers from his divorced mother?
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The questioner : There is a married man, and his wife has gold, so he wants to calculate the zakat on his wife’s gold... naturally, the money is his, so he has a mother who is divorced and raising children, so he says to you: If the money—for example—this is what he wants to pay as zakat, he pays it and gives it to his mother to spend on her brothers; is this permissible, or is it not permissible?
The Shaykh : The jewelry belongs to his wife?
The questioner : The man’s wife is his son’s wife.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : His son’s wife.
Another questioner : The man’s wife.
The Shaykh : The man’s wife, yes, his daughter-in-law.
The questioner: Okay; the jewelry belongs to the man’s wife, and he wants to pay the zakat with her consent?
The questioner : With his wife’s consent.
The Shaykh : We are talking about the wife.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He wants to pay the zakat on his wife’s jewelry with his wife’s consent, okay? Good; and he wants to give this zakat to the children who are from this divorced woman.
The questioner : The divorced woman...
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly... these people, with her consent? Yes, it is one hundred percent permissible.
And glory is to You, O Allah, and praise.
The questioner : Her mother is not...
The Shaykh : The zakat—may Allah bless you—is from the wife, not from him.
Al-Halabi : I understand, but I mean, as I understood when you were speaking, that the divorced woman is the mother of his children; that is, the man’s mother, the mother of the man himself.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is how I understood it.
Al-Halabi : Okay, that is good.
The Shaykh: All right.
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Another questioner : He says: Is it permissible to pay the zakat to the parents if they are separated from him?
The Shaykh : The zakat is not for the mother.
Another questioner : Ah, she is far away.
The Shaykh : The zakat is from the wife...
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The questioner : ...the zakat is from his own husband, who is the son of the woman.
The Shaykh : I see that the issue goes around and around, but the result, the ruling, is the same; the money is what the husband wants to calculate as zakat on his wife’s jewelry.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, is it with his consent or not?
The questioner : With his consent.
The Shaykh : Okay; meaning: Is he willing to say to his wife: “Here is the value of the zakat on your jewelry, take it and spend it as you wish”? Does he have that willingness?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So the issue comes back to saying to him: You spend it as you wish.
And may Allah reward you with good, is it clear?
The Shaykh : The jewelry belongs to his wife?
The questioner : The man’s wife is his son’s wife.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : His son’s wife.
Another questioner : The man’s wife.
The Shaykh : The man’s wife, yes, his daughter-in-law.
The questioner: Okay; the jewelry belongs to the man’s wife, and he wants to pay the zakat with her consent?
The questioner : With his wife’s consent.
The Shaykh : We are talking about the wife.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He wants to pay the zakat on his wife’s jewelry with his wife’s consent, okay? Good; and he wants to give this zakat to the children who are from this divorced woman.
The questioner : The divorced woman...
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly... these people, with her consent? Yes, it is one hundred percent permissible.
And glory is to You, O Allah, and praise.
The questioner : Her mother is not...
The Shaykh : The zakat—may Allah bless you—is from the wife, not from him.
Al-Halabi : I understand, but I mean, as I understood when you were speaking, that the divorced woman is the mother of his children; that is, the man’s mother, the mother of the man himself.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is how I understood it.
Al-Halabi : Okay, that is good.
The Shaykh: All right.
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Another questioner : He says: Is it permissible to pay the zakat to the parents if they are separated from him?
The Shaykh : The zakat is not for the mother.
Another questioner : Ah, she is far away.
The Shaykh : The zakat is from the wife...
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The questioner : ...the zakat is from his own husband, who is the son of the woman.
The Shaykh : I see that the issue goes around and around, but the result, the ruling, is the same; the money is what the husband wants to calculate as zakat on his wife’s jewelry.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, is it with his consent or not?
The questioner : With his consent.
The Shaykh : Okay; meaning: Is he willing to say to his wife: “Here is the value of the zakat on your jewelry, take it and spend it as you wish”? Does he have that willingness?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So the issue comes back to saying to him: You spend it as you wish.
And may Allah reward you with good, is it clear?
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