{"id":6082,"date":"2024-07-10T07:42:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/zakah-to-relatives\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T07:42:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:42:21","slug":"zakah-to-relatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/zakah-to-relatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Zakah To Relatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>I have learnt your stance as regards disbursement  of due Zakah. One thing I would like to clarify that in case a married  person is living independently with his\/ her family ( spouse &#038;  children), then is it justified to disburse the due zakah to needy near  relatives even to the extent of real brothers etc?<\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>Muslims pay the Zakah money to their near  relatives whom they do not provide like and who are not their dependents  like wives and children. Sometimes, parents also become dependent on  them. <\/p>\n<p>The Holy Prophet (sws) has praised disbursement  of the money among the near kindred. The Qur\u2019an also exhorts the  believers to give Zakah beginning with the near relatives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Tariq Mahmood Hashmi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-01-03<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6082\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have learnt your stance as regards disbursement  of due Zakah. 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