Who May Receive Zakat
219 questions
Is it permissible for a father to pay the Zakat from his wealth to his daughter to help her pay lawyer's fees to obtain residency or work permits in her country?
What should be done to pay off accumulated debts, and is Zakat obligatory, given the availability of a house, two cars, and a sum of cash, with no stable job, and is it necessary to sell the house and cars to pay off the full amount to settle the debts?
What is the ruling on using government-produced oil from the "public sector" for frying employees' personal food, taking into consideration that they receive a cash meal allowance, and does this fall under the ruling of "those who work with it"?
Is it permissible to switch to fasting in the case of multiple expiations, given the meager salary and the insufficiency of what remains for feeding after essential living expenses?
Is it permissible to lend a brother a portion of money to complete the purchase of an apartment, and to give him the other portion from zakat funds, by advancing the zakat for the new year, knowing that the money is deposited in the bank?
Is it permissible to pay zakat to cover the expenses of my deceased sister's daughters, knowing that their father only pays 400 Egyptian pounds per month, and the expenses far exceed that?
What is the ruling on establishing an association among relatives to collect zakat and identify those among them who are eligible to receive it, then give it to them, with any surplus being transferred to non-relatives, knowing that among the eligible recipients there may be schoolchildren and university students who are children of those paying the zakat?
Is it permissible to give one's sister from zakat money to buy medicine for her, intending that as expiation for delaying a make-up fast, given that her father is alive, or must it be given to a poor person in the form of provisions?
What is the recompense for the wronged in the afterlife, and what are its details if the oppressor is Muslim or non-Muslim?
Is it permissible to give a maternal cousin from zakat funds to repair the dilapidated roof of his apartment?
Is someone who owns a car, an apartment, and a shop, but whose income is insufficient for their expenses and who has debts; considered among the poor eligible to receive Zakat?
What is the ruling on delaying zakat for an amount received one month after its due date, with the intention of paying its zakat along with the remaining amount when the next hawl (zakat year) is due?
Is it permissible to pay zakat to minor orphans if they have a large inheritance that has not yet been distributed, and a monthly sum is disbursed to them from it?
What is the ruling on benefiting from money designated for Zakat if a person is in dire need of it, with the intention of compensating it later and distributing it to its rightful recipients?
What is the fate of the money saved by the questioner, which was designated for his niece's marriage, and is it permissible to continue saving it and consider it part of the zakat, knowing that the questioner will cover all marriage expenses from his own money?
Is it permissible for a son to receive zakat from his father if the son does not have a stable income, and can this zakat be used to purchase gold to secure the educational future of the children?
Is it permissible to give zakat to poor pilgrims in the Haram?
Is it permissible for one who belongs to the Household of the Prophet (Ahl al-Bayt) to receive from zakat funds, and is it permissible to spend them on things other than food and drink?
Is it obligatory for the questioner to take out his share of Zakat and give it to others, then take from his brothers' Zakat, knowing that he is entitled to an inheritance that has not been divided, his salary is low, and he is in debt and has a family?
Is it permissible to receive Zakat to help complete the building of a house for a family whose sole provider is the questioner, given his difficult financial circumstances and his family's need to vacate their current dwelling?
Is it permissible to give Zakat to organizations that receive it to help the needy, without knowing its specific disbursement channels?
Do the divorced woman and her children deserve social security benefits if their source is Zakat funds, given that the children's father is negligent in providing for them and her own father is spending on them?
Is it permissible for a husband to give from his Zakat to the two orphaned twin girls he sponsors?
What is the ruling on the death gratuity and pension paid to the mother and the pension that will be paid to the questioner, and is zakat obligatory on the arrears that she will receive retroactively?