General Rule: If paying zakah to a certain person results in a benefit for the owner, then paying it to him is not valid.

The Shaykh : So the general rule is: if paying zakah to a certain person results in a benefit for the owner, then paying it to this person is not valid, because by doing so you have removed a harm from yourself and brought a benefit to him, and this affects the validity of the zakah. We will limit the lecture to this extent today in order to take some questions. I will specify the time, if Allah wills. I currently have six minutes and twelve minutes until six and a half.