Is zakat obligatory for a relative of mine who owns a house and has eight children, and her sick husband's pension is not enough for them? And is anything due from a woman whose husband wanted to have intercourse with her during the daytime in Ramadan, and she refused, but he insisted and did so, knowing that he has passed away now?
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It is permissible for you to give your Zakat al-Mal (wealth tax) and Zakat al-Fitr (fast-breaking alms) to your needy female relative if her husband's salary is insufficient for her and her children. She has a greater right to it than others, and giving charity to her is better, as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Charity given to a poor person is charity, and charity given to a relative is two-fold: charity and strengthening of kinship ties."
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