Is it permissible for a father to pay the Zakat on his wealth to his sick son for his treatment abroad, knowing that the son is 20 years old, unmarried, unemployed, and financially dependent on his father?
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The maintenance of a child unable to earn a living due to illness or other reasons is incumbent upon his father. This maintenance includes the cost of medicine. It is not permissible for the father to give his to his child for his treatment, because that would replace one obligation (the father's maintenance of his child) with another obligation (Zakat).
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