Is it permissible for a well-off brother to pay the zakat on his wealth to his financially struggling brother who lives with his mother in the family home, knowing that the mother covers the general household expenses but not the personal expenses of her son and his family, and that this struggling brother sometimes works, owns a small grocery store, and is in debt?
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If the indebted brother has a family and his grocery store income is insufficient to meet his essential needs, then it is permissible to give him zakat, and giving it to a poor brother is better. However, if the brother is not poor, it is not permissible to give him zakat.
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