Is it permissible for my wife to pay a portion of her zakat on wealth to my father's wife to cover her medical expenses, knowing that both parents are unemployed and I will have to borrow money to help them?
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Your wife is permitted to pay her on her wealth to your father's wife for medical treatment, because a sick person who cannot afford their treatment is considered poor, and the poor are among the recipients of Zakat.
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