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Can a daughter give her zakaat to her widowed mother who lives of a state grant?

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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

 

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