Can I ? give JAKAT to my brothers wife so that she can make some oranment for her daughter's marriage.
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
(May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked
this question:
My elder brother had expired 3 year before since than his
family is staying with us by grace of Allah . I just wanted to know that
Can I ? give JAKAT to my brothers wife so that she can make some oranment for
her daughter's marriage since they are staying with us . it is permisible in
Islam.
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Answer:
Zakah to sister in
law
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 9 Surah
Taubah verse 60:
60 Alms are for the poor, and the needy, and those employed to
administer the (funds), for those whose hearts have been (recently) reconciled
(to the Truth), for those in bondage and in debt, in the Cause of Allah, and
for the wayfarer: (thus is it) ordained by Allah and Allah is
full of Knowledge and Wisdom.
Allah Subhanah has prescribed that ‘zakah’
should be only paid to any of the above eight listed categories:
- To
the poor
- To
the needy
- To
those who are employed to administer the zakah funds
- To
those whose hearts have recently been reconciled to the Truth of Islam
(new-muslims)
- For
those in bondage
- For
those in debt
- In
the Cause of Allah
The Messenger of Allah (saws) said:
"Charity for the poor is rewarded as one good deed; but in the case of a
relative it is considered as two: [one reward for helping] blood ties, and [the
other reward for] the charity [itself]."
Related by Ahmad, an-Nasa'i, and at-Tirmidhi.
If your deceased brother’s wife is indeed amongst the poor
or the needy, then indeed she, as your relative, has a bigger right that your
‘zakah’ dues should be given to her and her children.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister