Is it permissible to give one's parents from the obligatory charity (sadaqah wajibah), knowing that it is not possible to combine giving charity with providing assistance to them?
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Giving charity to needy parents is better and brings greater reward from Allah, as it involves showing dutifulness to one's parents, and they have a greater right to your assistance than others. Start by fulfilling their needs; if anything remains after sufficiently providing for them, then you may give it as charity if you wish.
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