Giving zakaat to adults whose parents possess nisaab

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Q: If children, grandchildren are adults who live on their own and do not posses the Zakah Nisab, can Zakah be given to them if the parents are not wealthy but posses the Zakah nisaab?

Bismillaah

A: Yes.

And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

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Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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