Is it permissible to pay Zakat to cover part of the installments of the Real Estate Development Fund for my indebted father?
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A son is not permitted to give his to his father to relieve him of poverty. However, if the father is in debt and unable to repay it, the son is permitted to give him zakat to pay off the debt, even if the debts resulted from usurious transactions, with the obligation to advise the father to repent.
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