Ruling on Giving Zakah to a Poor Brother
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The second question asks: Is it permissible to give zakah to a brother when he is not an heir? Please inform us, may Allah reward you.
Answer: A poor brother is given zakah, even if he is an heir, according to the most correct opinion. If he is poor, he is given from the zakah, just as an uncle, a maternal uncle, a brother’s son, a sister, and the like are given. As for fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers, children, sons’ children, and daughters’ children, they are not given; because they are from the household, they are not given from the child’s zakah. One does not give to his ancestors from his zakah, nor to his descendants from his zakah. This is the well-known view among the scholars, and al-Hafiz Ibn al-Mundhir (may Allah have mercy on him) reported a general consensus on this point. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Answer: A poor brother is given zakah, even if he is an heir, according to the most correct opinion. If he is poor, he is given from the zakah, just as an uncle, a maternal uncle, a brother’s son, a sister, and the like are given. As for fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers, children, sons’ children, and daughters’ children, they are not given; because they are from the household, they are not given from the child’s zakah. One does not give to his ancestors from his zakah, nor to his descendants from his zakah. This is the well-known view among the scholars, and al-Hafiz Ibn al-Mundhir (may Allah have mercy on him) reported a general consensus on this point. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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