Is it permissible to give zakat to a woman who is in debt, unable to repay money from a mortgage she received in exchange for housing in her apartment, knowing that her father bought her the apartment with an interest-based loan, and does the unlawful mortgage affect her eligibility for zakat?
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It is not permissible for the mortgagee to spend the mortgaged money. The woman who spent the mortgaged money is transgressing and is liable for the amount. She should not be given from unless she repents and is unable to repay, in which case she may then be given as someone in debt. It is permissible for her husband to give her from his Zakat money to repay her debt.
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