Is it permissible for my paternal aunt to help me with Zakat money to pay off my debts, which exceed 260,000?
Allah Almighty says: "Zakah expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed to collect [zakah] and for bringing hearts together [for Islam] and for freeing captives [or slaves] and for those in debt and for the cause of Allah and for the [stranded] traveler - an obligation [imposed] by Allah . And Allah is Knowing and Wise." A person in debt (al-Gharim) is someone who cannot repay their debt. Such a person can be given from zakat under certain conditions. If the conditions for a person in debt who is eligible for zakat are met, then it is permissible for him to take from his paternal aunt's zakat, and others', to pay off his debt.
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