Is it permissible to give a family, who has a mentally disabled daughter and wants to buy a used car to facilitate her transportation, from zakat money to cover the remaining cost of the car?
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The basic principle is that it is not permissible to pay for purchasing a car, because it is a need and not a necessity. An exception to this is if the condition of the disabled daughter necessitates transporting her between clinics, and this cannot be done by ordinary means of transportation except with excessive difficulty.
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