Is it permissible for a wife to deduct her destitute husband's debt from the zakat money she saves in the bank?
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It is not permissible to count the debts owed by the husband as part of , because that involves personal benefit and protects wealth from loss, and the giver of Zakat is not allowed to benefit from it.
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