Is it permissible for a man to give his zakah to his poor brother?
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The Shaykh : Let us ask: A man has a full brother who is poor, as is his family, and this man is wealthy. Does he give his zakah to his brother? Yes?
The student: Yes, he gives...
The Shaykh : He gives his zakah to his brother, and there is no distinction in this as long as the brother is poor, he and his family, his sons and daughters. He gives him what suffices him and his family.. So let him give his brother what suffices him and his family.
Now, if someone says his brother is a full brother from both his mother and father, we say: even if he were [a half-brother], because as long as his brother has sons, he does not inherit from him. If this poor brother dies, does the wealthy brother inherit from him? He has sons, my brothers; his brother does not inherit from him because his sons exclude his brother. And in that case, if he gives him from the zakah, he does not save anything of his wealth, because the maintenance of his brother is not obligatory upon him in this situation.
The student: Yes, he gives...
The Shaykh : He gives his zakah to his brother, and there is no distinction in this as long as the brother is poor, he and his family, his sons and daughters. He gives him what suffices him and his family.
Charity and maintaining family ties
صدقة وصلةNow, if someone says his brother is a full brother from both his mother and father, we say: even if he were [a half-brother], because as long as his brother has sons, he does not inherit from him. If this poor brother dies, does the wealthy brother inherit from him? He has sons, my brothers; his brother does not inherit from him because his sons exclude his brother. And in that case, if he gives him from the zakah, he does not save anything of his wealth, because the maintenance of his brother is not obligatory upon him in this situation.