Is it permissible for a wife to allocate a portion of her Zakat money to spend on her children, even though her husband is capable of spending on them?
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The maintenance of children is obligatory upon their father according to the Qur’an, , and scholarly consensus. If the father is providing sufficiently for his children through his own expenditure, then it is not permissible for the wife to spend on them from her , because Zakat has specific, legally defined recipients.
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