Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Mal (obligatory charity on wealth) to a nephew who is a child living with his divorced mother, knowing that the father is unemployed and the mother and grandmother are spending on him and on their grandson?
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If your nephew's mother is wealthy and able to spend on him, then it is not permissible to give him . However, if she is poor and your brother is unable to spend, then it is permissible to give him from zakat, and he is more deserving than others.
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