Is it permissible to give zakat to an unmarried girl who lives with her parents and needs money to start a project?
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The categories for expenditure have been clarified by Allah the Almighty in His statement: "Zakat expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed to collect [zakah] and for bringing hearts together [for Islam] and for freeing captives [or slaves] and for those in debt and for the cause of Allah and for the wayfarer" (At-: 60). Therefore, it is not permissible to give Zakat to a girl who is adequately supported by her parents for the purpose of starting a business.
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