Who May Receive Zakat
274 questions
Is it permissible for the wife to take zakat money, which her husband authorized her to distribute, without his knowledge, to fulfill her needs due to his failure to provide for her?
Must I replace the value of the lost winter clothing package, worth 800 Riyals, which my husband did not receive and which was intended for workers, or is it permissible for me to pay it as an endowment (waqf) or zakat on behalf of the people who donated it, especially since the winter season has ended?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat to an elementary school for children that is in need of financial support?
Is it permissible to send Zakat to another country, such as Palestine, when there are poor people in the Zakat payer's own country?
What is the share of each female heir (mother, two daughters, wife, full sister) from the estate of the deceased who did not pay his obligatory zakat?
Is it obligatory for a Muslim to send his wife for Hajj if he possesses the financial means to do so?
Is it permissible to deduct an amount from Zakat and give it to teachers to educate the children of the village, which has a population exceeding five thousand and no teachers, knowing that the Zakat on the village's wealth exceeds seventy million Riyals?
Is it permissible for a creditor to pay Zakat to their debtor on condition that the debtor repays it to them?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat to a young man who has incurred debt due to traffic violations, knowing that this debt prevents him from obtaining a job or employment until it is paid off?
Is it permissible for a woman to pay the zakat on her wealth to her son's wife in the Maliki school of thought?
Is expiation (kaffarah) obligatory for not adhering to a vow to abandon a sin, and how is it to be rendered by one who cannot find any poor people? Is it permissible to render it from the parents' wealth? What is the ruling on the interruption of continuous fasting for expiation due to a legitimate excuse shortly before Ramadan?
Is it permissible for a woman to give her Zakat al-Mal to her husband?
Is it permissible to give zakat to a poor divorced woman who has no provider, and whose children live with her ex-husband, the zakat payer?
Is it permissible to sponsor an orphan from Zakat funds?
Is Zakat considered complete or deficient if part of it was given to a indebted brother without his knowledge that it was Zakat money, and then the brother returned half the amount after a year, and what should be done with the returned amount?
Is it permissible to fast three days as expiation for an oath, instead of feeding ten needy persons, if one possesses sufficient funds for feeding, but these funds are saved for paying off upcoming essential debts and financial obligations?
Is it permissible for two minor orphans, who have a monthly income from retirement (1151 for each) and a large preserved inheritance, to receive Zakat funds from social security, based on their monthly income being less than 3000?
Is it permissible for an institution to take from the zakat of trade goods to repay a work advance, pay house rent, and purchase air conditioners?
Is a young man who broke his oath before reaching the age of maturity, and who lives with his parents and is unemployed, obligated to offer an expiation of feeding ten poor persons, clothing them, or freeing a slave, or should he fast for three days? And is it permissible to give the monetary value of the feeding as charity and place it in the Zakat fund, given that continuous fasting might harm him?
Is it permissible for a sister to pay off her poor sister's debt from her Zakat money, given that she does not spend on her?
Is a woman who owns gold exceeding the nisab, but has set it aside for future needs, and does not have enough for her basic necessities of food, drink, and shelter, eligible to receive zakat?
Is it permissible to give zakat to a foreign humanitarian organization that disburses only 10% of it to the poor and needy, allocating the remainder to staff and operational expenses?
What is the validity of Zakat that was disbursed through a charity that distributes Zakat funds to debtors and for the marriage of poor families, and sometimes delivers water to poor homes, with the possibility of handing over the money in cash or converting it into in-kind aid with the approval of the poor, and is it better to deliver future Zakat manually to the poor?
Is it permissible to give zakat to relief organizations that send doctors, purchase medical equipment, and care for orphans, and is it necessary to ensure that these organizations give money directly to the poor?