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

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October 2007

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

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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