Is zakah better for a relative or for the one in greater need?
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Question:
If one pays out the zakah to dispose of it for the poor: does he, for example, see that his relatives are more deserving of this matter, and so he gives his relatives from this money?
Answer:
He should do what is best. If his relatives are poor, he gives to them; because he is entrusted with it, he does not deviate, and he does not give to them if they are not eligible. But if there are poor people in greater need than them, he attends to the one in greater need.
If one pays out the zakah to dispose of it for the poor: does he, for example, see that his relatives are more deserving of this matter, and so he gives his relatives from this money?
Answer:
He should do what is best. If his relatives are poor, he gives to them; because he is entrusted with it, he does not deviate, and he does not give to them if they are not eligible. But if there are poor people in greater need than them, he attends to the one in greater need.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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