Who May Receive Zakat
274 questions
Is it permissible for the one entrusted with distributing Zakat to give it to his impoverished cousin who is in debt, and then demand that he repay his debt and his mother's debt, or must he seek permission from the Zakat-payer (the one who appointed him)?
Is it permissible to give zakat to an uncle who built a house and is in debt that he cannot pay off with his salary?
Should owners of private companies pay Zakat to the state, or should they distribute it themselves, knowing that they are accustomed to paying it to those in need?
Is a divorced sister, who is supported by her father of limited income, and who has no source of livelihood other than what remains of her ex-husband's money for her children, eligible to receive Zakat?
Is it permissible to count the amount paid as a loan to a poor person from a vow or zakat? Is this person considered eligible for them? And does not remembering the exact wording of the vow permit paying its value in cash?
Is monthly spending on siblings and covering their living expenses and housing costs, due to the father's insufficient income to complete their studies, considered zakat for saved gold?
Is it permissible to give Zakat to a working nephew (sister's son) who took out a loan to complete building his house and needs to pay off the debt?
Is it permissible to give the building's doorkeeper, who was promised charity, a portion of the Zakat after the year has passed, to help him bring his wife and rent accommodation for her?
Is Zakat or Sadaqat obligatory upon a person who is required to pay rent for government housing for two years after his service was extended under a clause that does not include housing, knowing that he does not possess money in the country where he works, but he owns real estate and agricultural land in his home country, and he has not been officially notified of vacating the housing or of the obligation to pay rent in advance?
How is Zakat to be paid on money mixed with the wife's money that has not yet completed its hawl (one year of possession), given the inability to distinguish between the two? Is it permissible to give it to a maternal aunt whose husband and father have passed away, and to her orphaned daughter, or to orphanages? Which is better?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat for the education of a 12-year-old physically disabled girl who has never attended a public school because she is not a Saudi national, and her family cannot enroll her in a private school because the family is eligible to receive Zakat?
Is zakat obligatory on money derived from the rent of agricultural land, paid in full in the tenth or eleventh month of the cultivated year? And is the hawl (one year) calculated from the day of payment? And is zakat obligatory on someone who owns one to six qirats and a water buffalo?
Is it permissible to give zakat to a family whose financial situation is weak and has an income, but is going through financial hardship and needs money for medical treatment, knowing that if they take a loan, they can repay the amount later?
Is it permissible to count the money lent to two people for building their homes as Zakat on wealth when the Zakat is due, knowing that the intention was made for this at the time the money was handed over, and without informing the debtors beforehand, then informing them later of their exemption from the debt at the time of paying Zakat?
To what extent are the claims of people in Transoxiana that they are descendants of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, valid? And should they be believed and treated accordingly, and what is their status in Islam?
Is it permissible to seek help from people to pay off a housing debt, in light of an inability to work?
Am I permitted to use a portion of my Zakat to pay off the debt of an insolvent person?
Is it permissible to give zakat to a wife who is experiencing difficult circumstances because her husband is mentally ill and possesses wealth, but she does not have the expenses for his treatment and desires shelter for herself and her son due to the husband's threats and his family's greed? And is it permissible to give zakat to her son who is a student?
Is it necessary to verbally authorize the husband to pay Zakat, and is anything required for not having authorized him previously?
Is it permissible for charitable organizations to take a percentage of zakat funds for administrative expenses?
Is it permissible to give zakat to a brother who is unemployed and in debt to the bank for installments, knowing that he owns a highly valuable real estate inheritance but lacks liquidity?
Is it permissible to take food items from a charitable society when one is not in need of them?
Is it permissible for a husband to give his Zakat to a female friend who is struggling with debt and her children's educational expenses, which she is unable to pay?
Is it obligatory for private company owners to pay zakat to the state if the state compels them to do so, knowing that they have customarily paid it to the needy?