Is it permissible for a wife to deduct her destitute husband's debt from the zakat money she saves in the bank?
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It is not permissible to count the debts owed by the husband as part of Zakat, because that involves personal benefit and protects wealth from loss, and the giver of Zakat is not allowed to benefit from it.
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