Is it permissible to give relatives from the zakah?
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The questioner : Is the zakah given to close relatives? Is the zakah given to close relatives?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Close relatives.
The Shaykh : Muslim relatives, not disbelievers.
The student: The Muslims.
The Shaykh : This is better.
The student : If they are among those eligible for zakah.
The Shaykh : You will have two rewards: the reward of maintaining family ties and the reward of charity.
The student : A stranger? I heard some people say there is no stranger in this matter; many of them issue rulings on it.
Another student: Perhaps he meant those over whom you are the guardian; perhaps he meant this.
The student : Those for whom you are obligated to provide financial maintenance.
Another student: Like the mother and the father.
The student : No, close relatives, meaning relatives such as the wife’s brother, the wife’s father, or his nephew.
The Shaykh : Meaning he is not responsible for providing for them.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Close relatives.
The Shaykh : Muslim relatives, not disbelievers.
The student: The Muslims.
The Shaykh : This is better.
The student : If they are among those eligible for zakah.
The Shaykh : You will have two rewards: the reward of maintaining family ties and the reward of charity.
The student : A stranger? I heard some people say there is no stranger in this matter; many of them issue rulings on it.
Another student: Perhaps he meant those over whom you are the guardian; perhaps he meant this.
The student : Those for whom you are obligated to provide financial maintenance.
Another student: Like the mother and the father.
The student : No, close relatives, meaning relatives such as the wife’s brother, the wife’s father, or his nephew.
The Shaykh : Meaning he is not responsible for providing for them.
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