Who May Receive Zakat
219 questions
Is spending on one's family and sisters to prepare them for marriage considered zakat, or is it a duty that also necessitates giving out zakat on one's wealth?
Is it permissible to pay the debt of the paternal uncle to the sister, and the debt of the father to the sister, from zakat funds, given that the debtor is unable to pay?
Is it permissible for a Muslim resident in Algeria to receive Zakat from the State of Qatar to meet his urgent needs and support his family, consisting of six children and an elderly mother, knowing that he has been unemployed for five years?
Is it permissible to use Zakat funds to buy furniture or gold for a 9-year-old son, with the intention of marrying him off as soon as he reaches puberty, due to the scarcity of Zakat funds?
Are books that are authored, printed, and distributed for free or sold considered commercial offerings subject to Zakat, and is it permissible to take Zakat funds to pay off personal debts?
Is it permissible for a young man who is financially capable of feeding ten poor persons to fast three days as expiation for an oath, with the aim of saving money for his future and marriage?
Is zakat obligatory on the estate of a woman who used to receive zakat funds, charities, and social security payments, and who died leaving a large sum of money? What is the ruling on taking money in excess of one's needs? And what should be done to absolve her?
Is it permissible to give zakat to sisters living with their wealthy mother who receives rent exceeding the household expenses, and to aunts of moderate means, based on a fatwa that considers it both charity (sadaqah) and upholding kinship ties (silat ar-rahim)?
Is it permissible to receive a salary from a charitable organization in exchange for preparing its accounts, knowing that one contributes to the organization's income through zakat on their wealth?
Is it permissible for the partner to receive a wage for managing the joint charitable medical clinics project, especially since the project is established on land he owns?
Is it permissible to pay the Zakat amount of ten thousand in installments according to one's ability, or is it obligatory to borrow the full amount and pay the Zakat in one lump sum, then repay the debt later?
Is it permissible for brothers and the father to collect Zakat money to support their brother in his studies abroad, and is it permissible to pay off his debt with this money after he has become a scholarship student?
What is the ruling on one who has broken multiple oaths and does not possess enough to feed ten poor persons for each oath, and is he required to take on debt, or is fasting sufficient, and what should he do if it is impossible to find the poor?
Is it permissible for a married woman with two children, living in France in a house purchased through the bank, whose husband has been unemployed for seven years despite having high qualifications, to take from the zakat money sent by her father? And what should she do with the money she neither gave to her husband nor donated as charity?
Is it permissible for an unmarried son in his forties, who is going through psychological and health difficulties and possesses insufficient funds to purchase an apartment, to take from the Zakat al-Mal (charitable alms) that is estimated to be given on behalf of his deceased father, in order to complete the costs of his marriage?
Is zakat still obligatory for a sister who owns 20,000 EGP and jewelry worth 15,000 EGP, while her husband earns a salary of 2,500 EGP and an additional income of 800 EGP? And would we be sinful for having given her zakat previously if she was not eligible?
Is it permissible for a wife to give the zakat on her money to her husband, who is employed, but whose salary is insufficient for the end of the month, even though he is saving an amount for his daughter that has not reached the nisab?
Is it permissible to pay the water bill for a building inhabited by the poor from zakat funds, knowing that my mother paid her share, but the remaining residents, some refuse and some are unable to pay?
Is it permissible to give zakat to the wife's mother, knowing that she has a well-off husband and working children who are content with their salaries?
Is it permissible for me to receive zakat funds to pay off a debt I incurred due to a loss in my business caused by mismanagement, knowing that my income is sufficient for me and my family, and that paying off the debt will take many years? And in this case, is it incumbent upon me to severely restrict my living expenses?
Is it permissible to give zakat to unmarried and unemployed sisters, and to an unemployed brother, knowing that the questioner sometimes spends on them, and does that spending prevent giving them from zakat?
Is it permissible to deduct advances from Zakat under the category of "those in debt" (Al-Gharimin) for employees who receive monthly salaries? And is it permissible for board members to increase the allowances of the chairman and his deputy without the knowledge of the association's presidency abroad, and what should be done about that?
Is it permissible to count the amount paid to help those in need —who are eligible to receive Zakat— as part of the Zakat before the year is due, and to roll over the remaining amount for the following year’s Zakat? And does this count as stinginess and contradict the Hadith: "There is a right in wealth other than Zakat"?
We are an association that sponsors orphans, so what is the ruling on paying Zakat to an orphan?