Is it permissible to give zakat to a poor maternal cousin who would use it to buy tiles for his apartment?
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If your cousin's salary and inheritance do not remove his state of poverty and need, then there is no objection to you paying to him. Do not inquire thereafter about anything he spends it on, for the important thing is that he is a poor person.
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