DiscussWorldIssues - Socio-Economic Religion and Political Uncensored Debate - View Single Post

**km2000** · 01-06-2012, 11:28 AM

There is an elderly couple who are struggling financially. The husband is a revert and they are good pious muslims. I would like to find out weather it is permissible to use zakat money to send this couple for hajj ?

I have read that it is not permissible to give zakat money to a person and specify what it should be used for.

Please advise

From what I learnt is that while giving zakat money to a needy person, we must give him a amount which doesn't make that needy person sahib-e-nisab i.e that person now has has become eligible to give zakat to others.

And in your question, given the situation it is not obligatory for those elderly couple to perform Hajj. If you want to help them to perform Hajj send them for Hajj-e-Badal i.e, Performing Hajj on behalf of others. But you can't send them to Hajj with zakat money because you cannot give one person a huge amount of zakat that the person himself is now eligible to give zakat to others.

Scholars correct me If I am wrong.

01-06-2012, 11:28 AM	#2
km2000 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 419 Senior Member	There is an elderly couple who are struggling financially. The husband is a revert and they are good pious muslims. I would like to find out weather it is permissible to use zakat money to send this couple for hajj ? I have read that it is not permissible to give zakat money to a person and specify what it should be used for. Please advise From what I learnt is that while giving zakat money to a needy person, we must give him a amount which doesn't make that needy person sahib-e-nisab i.e that person now has has become eligible to give zakat to others. And in your question, given the situation it is not obligatory for those elderly couple to perform Hajj. If you want to help them to perform Hajj send them for Hajj-e-Badal i.e, Performing Hajj on behalf of others. But you can't send them to Hajj with zakat money because you cannot give one person a huge amount of zakat that the person himself is now eligible to give zakat to others. Scholars correct me If I am wrong.
	Quote