Q: Can a daughter give her zakaat to her widowed mother who lives of a state grant?
A:
One cannot discharge one’s Zakaah by giving the Zakaah to one’s parents. The parents should be assisted with alternate funds.
Mufti Shafiq Jakhura
Iftaa Department, Darul Ihsan Islamic Services Centre
I concur with the answer:
Mufti Zubair Bayat
Ameer, Darul Ihsan Islamic Services Centre