A woman has jewelry and wants to pay its zakah to her divorced husband's mother. Is that permissible?
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The questioner : My master, there is a married man, and his wife has gold on her hands. He wants to pay the zakah of the gold for his wife. Of course, the money is his, and he has a divorced mother who is raising children. He says, "This zakah that I want to pay for my wife, I will give it to my mother to spend on her brothers." Is that permissible or not?
The Shaykh : The jewelry belongs to his wife?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, the jewelry belongs to the man's wife, and he wants to pay the zakah with her consent?
The questioner : Yes, with his wife's consent.
The Shaykh : We are talking about the wife.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : He wants to pay the zakah of his wife's jewelry with his wife's consent, okay, and he wants to give this zakah to the children who are from this divorced woman.
The questioner : Their mother is his brothers' mother.
The Shaykh : Yes, okay, with the wife's consent?
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : With the wife's consent?
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : We understood that paying the zakah is with her consent; but spending the zakah on these people, is that also with her consent?
The questioner : Yes, with her consent.
The Shaykh : Yes, a hundred percent permissible; and Glory is to You, O Allah, and praise...
The questioner : Finally, my Shaykh, this is his mother, not the mother of his children, but the mother of the man.
The Shaykh : The zakah, 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 that the divorced woman is the mother of his children, meaning the mother of the man himself.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is how I understood it.
Al-Halabi : Okay, good, and may Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : If you please, is it permissible to pay the zakah to the parents if they are separated from him?
The Shaykh : No, here the zakah is not for the parents.
The questioner : My master Abu Abdullah, just a clarification, but the question is regarding the money that the wife wants to pay as zakah from her own son, who is the husband. The money that he wants to give as the value of the zakah is from his own husband, who is the woman's son.
The Shaykh : Okay, I see that the issue goes in a circle, but the result, the ruling, is the same. The money that the husband wants to pay as zakah on his wife's jewelry, okay, is it with his consent or not?
The questioner : Yes, with his consent.
The Shaykh : Okay, meaning, is he willing to say to his wife, "Here is the value of the zakah of your jewelry, take it and spend it as you wish"? Is he willing?
The questioner : Yes, they are willing.
The Shaykh : Then the issue comes back to saying to him, "You spend it as you wish"; and may Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Is it clear?
The questioner : Yes, it is clear.
The Shaykh : The jewelry belongs to his wife?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, the jewelry belongs to the man's wife, and he wants to pay the zakah with her consent?
The questioner : Yes, with his wife's consent.
The Shaykh : We are talking about the wife.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : He wants to pay the zakah of his wife's jewelry with his wife's consent, okay, and he wants to give this zakah to the children who are from this divorced woman.
The questioner : Their mother is his brothers' mother.
The Shaykh : Yes, okay, with the wife's consent?
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : With the wife's consent?
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : We understood that paying the zakah is with her consent; but spending the zakah on these people, is that also with her consent?
The questioner : Yes, with her consent.
The Shaykh : Yes, a hundred percent permissible; and Glory is to You, O Allah, and praise...
The questioner : Finally, my Shaykh, this is his mother, not the mother of his children, but the mother of the man.
The Shaykh : The zakah, 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 that the divorced woman is the mother of his children, meaning the mother of the man himself.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is how I understood it.
Al-Halabi : Okay, good, and may Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : If you please, is it permissible to pay the zakah to the parents if they are separated from him?
The Shaykh : No, here the zakah is not for the parents.
The questioner : My master Abu Abdullah, just a clarification, but the question is regarding the money that the wife wants to pay as zakah from her own son, who is the husband. The money that he wants to give as the value of the zakah is from his own husband, who is the woman's son.
The Shaykh : Okay, I see that the issue goes in a circle, but the result, the ruling, is the same. The money that the husband wants to pay as zakah on his wife's jewelry, okay, is it with his consent or not?
The questioner : Yes, with his consent.
The Shaykh : Okay, meaning, is he willing to say to his wife, "Here is the value of the zakah of your jewelry, take it and spend it as you wish"? Is he willing?
The questioner : Yes, they are willing.
The Shaykh : Then the issue comes back to saying to him, "You spend it as you wish"; and may Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Is it clear?
The questioner : Yes, it is clear.
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