No specific age prescribed for the recipients of zakah
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Is it permissible to give zakah to a girl who is twenty years old? What is the amount, and what is the time for it?
Answer: Yes. Zakah is for her and for other poor people. There is no specific age condition for zakah. A poor person is given, whether he is young or a child. If he is with his poor family, he is given.
The point is that there is no specific age for the poor person. A girl who is twenty, or fifteen, or ten, or less, or more, is given from the zakah if she is poor. The one who is responsible for her and takes care of her is given. Unless the one responsible for her is rich, like her father or her brother, in which case the maintenance is upon them. But if the woman is poor among people who have been good to her and have taken custody of her, hoping for what is with Allah, and they are not her relatives, then she is given from the zakah, even if she is old. Likewise, if she is alone, she is given from the zakah, whether young or old, if she is poor and the conditions for the people of zakah are present in her. Yes.
Answer: Yes. Zakah is for her and for other poor people. There is no specific age condition for zakah. A poor person is given, whether he is young or a child. If he is with his poor family, he is given.
The point is that there is no specific age for the poor person. A girl who is twenty, or fifteen, or ten, or less, or more, is given from the zakah if she is poor. The one who is responsible for her and takes care of her is given. Unless the one responsible for her is rich, like her father or her brother, in which case the maintenance is upon them. But if the woman is poor among people who have been good to her and have taken custody of her, hoping for what is with Allah, and they are not her relatives, then she is given from the zakah, even if she is old. Likewise, if she is alone, she is given from the zakah, whether young or old, if she is poor and the conditions for the people of zakah are present in her. Yes.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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