If the brothers and their children are going through some difficult times financially, so, would a brother be able to give them his zakat money?

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Shaykh Navalur Rahman

If the brothers and their children are going through some difficult times financially, so, would a brother be able to give them his zakat money?
Yes, to give zakat money to one’s brothers and their children is fine when they are eligible for it and they are not sayyid.
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Mufti Nawal-ur-Rahman

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