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Can we give zakah to our Sayyid relatives who are poor and have no source of income?

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Can we give zakah to our Sayyid relatives? My Khala and Khalu are very poor; lives alone though not have any son, their daughters married. They do not have any source of income; we/people use to donate periodically for living.

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

(Fatwa: 1025/1025/M=1434)

It is not lawful to give zakah to a Sayyid. If your khala and khalu are Sayyid you should help them with other funds and if they are not Sayyid then you may give them zakah money.
ولا إلى بنى هاشم … وجازت التطوعات من الصدقات وغلۃ الأوقاف لهم اى لبني هاشم .(در مختار)

Allah knows Best!

Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband

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