One should give them the money in their hands to do whatever they want with it. One should not buy them food or groceries on their behalf unless they authorize you to do so from the zakat money.

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Both zakat and debt should be paid but if there wasn’t enough to do so, debts and zakat should share the same percentage. For example, if a person dies leaving behind only 3,000 in cash but he has a debt of 20,000 and zakat he didn’t pay of 10,000, his heirs must pay 2,000 to […]

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