Are the expenses I bear for raising my wife's orphaned son counted as Zakat al-Mal?
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It is permissible to give to a poor child whose father cannot provide for him, even if you are donating to his upkeep. A condition for Zakat to be valid is the intention at the time of giving it, and the child should possess the Zakat money in kind, not as a value.
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