Is it permissible to spend Zakat funds to make improvements to the room of a building's guard, owned by a public utility, knowing that the guard lives in this room with his family?
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It is a condition that be given to the rightful recipient as full ownership. If the guardian is eligible for Zakat, it is permissible to give him the money so he may spend it as he wishes, or he may authorize someone to spend it on those improvements.
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