A man has zakat due on his wife's jewelry, so he wants to pay it out and give it to his siblings from his divorced mother?
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The questioner : There is a married man whose wife has gold, so he wants to calculate the zakat on his wife's gold... he wants to deduct the expenses from it, whether she is with him or divorced and raising children. He says, if he gives these expenses that he wants to calculate as zakat to his mother to spend on her brothers, is that permissible, I mean?
The Shaykh : The jewelry is for his wife?
The questioner : His son's wife... .
The Shaykh : Okay, the jewelry belongs to the man's wife, so he has to pay the zakat with her consent!
The questioner : With his wife's consent.
The Shaykh : We are talking about the wife; he has to pay the zakat on his wife's jewelry with his wife's consent, okay, and he wants to give this zakat to the children of the... divorced woman, yes... it is permissible, and glory to Allah and praise to Him... .
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 it seems to me that I understood, and you are saying the divorced woman is either his children, meaning the man's mother from the same man.
The Shaykh : Like that.
Al-Halabi: Okay, good, this... .
Another questioner: Is it permissible to pay the zakat on the parents if they are separated from him?
The Shaykh : ... the zakat is on the wife... .
The questioner : ... in the zakat from his own husband who is the son of the woman... .
The Shaykh : I see that the issue goes in a circle and makes a turn, but the result and the ruling are the same: the expenses that the husband wants to pay as zakat on his wife's jewelry, whether with his consent or not.
The questioner : With his consent.
The Shaykh : Okay, meaning, does he have the willingness to say to his wife, "This is the value of the zakat on your jewelry, take it and spend it as you wish"? Does he have this willingness?
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : So if the issue comes back to saying to him, "You spend on them as you wish," may Allah reward you with good, it is clear.
The Shaykh : The jewelry is for his wife?
The questioner : His son's wife... .
The Shaykh : Okay, the jewelry belongs to the man's wife, so he has to pay the zakat with her consent!
The questioner : With his wife's consent.
The Shaykh : We are talking about the wife; he has to pay the zakat on his wife's jewelry with his wife's consent, okay, and he wants to give this zakat to the children of the... divorced woman, yes... it is permissible, and glory to Allah and praise to Him... .
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 it seems to me that I understood, and you are saying the divorced woman is either his children, meaning the man's mother from the same man.
The Shaykh : Like that.
Al-Halabi: Okay, good, this... .
Another questioner: Is it permissible to pay the zakat on the parents if they are separated from him?
The Shaykh : ... the zakat is on the wife... .
The questioner : ... in the zakat from his own husband who is the son of the woman... .
The Shaykh : I see that the issue goes in a circle and makes a turn, but the result and the ruling are the same: the expenses that the husband wants to pay as zakat on his wife's jewelry, whether with his consent or not.
The questioner : With his consent.
The Shaykh : Okay, meaning, does he have the willingness to say to his wife, "This is the value of the zakat on your jewelry, take it and spend it as you wish"? Does he have this willingness?
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : So if the issue comes back to saying to him, "You spend on them as you wish," may Allah reward you with good, it is clear.