Is it permissible for a son to pay the Zakat on his father's money from his own money and give it to his needy, married brother who lives alone?
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It is permissible to give zakat to a brother if his sustenance is not obligatory upon the zakat-payer and if he is eligible to receive zakat. This is better as it combines charity and kinship, according to the hadith: "Charity given to a poor person is one charity, but given to a relative, it is two: charity and strengthening of kinship." However, if his sustenance is obligatory upon the zakat-payer, or if he is not eligible to receive zakat, then it is not permissible to give him from it.
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