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Supporting poor women with zakaat money

· 24 Dhuʻl-Hijjah 1440 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

There are most of our relative women whose husbands don’t fall in the catogray of taking zakat, but they don’t care about these women in terms of their daily needs, continually working them in fields and if they became ill, they don’t take them to hospital. Because of illness, few died and others are suffering. Is it allowed if I support them with zakat.

Answer

If the women are eligible then they may be supported with zakaat.

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

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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