What is the meaning of the statement of Imam Mubarak bin Ali Al-Tamimi in the book "Al-Tasheel" regarding the recipients of Zakat, and is it permissible to give Zakat to one's wife to pay off her debt despite her employment if her income is low, and similarly, to one's father to pay off his son's debt, and vice-versa?
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The debtor is given from to pay off his debt, and this includes a debt owed to a human being, even if it is to his son. What is prohibited is a father imprisoning his son for a debt owed to him, but the debt itself remains valid.
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