Giving zakaah to one who is seeking worldly knowledge
Question: 95418
My sister is married to a man who only works sometimes but he is also stingy and does not spend on her or her children. She works and pays for all the household expenses, and now she is being forced to complete her studies so that she can get a higher certificate, otherwise she will lose her job, but she needs money to do these studies. Is it permissible for me to give the zakaah of my wealth to her?.
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
It is permissible to give
zakaah to a seeker of worldly knowledge who does not have enough to support
him, if the knowledge that he is studying is permissible and is needed, so
that he will be able to work and find a job, because getting these
certificates has become a real necessity without which one cannot usually
find employment.
Al-Mardaawi says in
al-Insaaf (3/218): Shaykh Taqiy al-Deen favoured the view that it is
permissible to take zakaah in order to buy books that he needs including
books of knowledge that is indispensable for his religious and worldly
affairs. End quote. And this is the correct view. End quote.
Based on this, there is
nothing wrong with your giving the zakaah of your wealth to your sister.
And Allaah knows best.
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