Question:
A brother asks:
Does it suffice to give my Zakah to a woman I divorced with a irrevocable divorce and she has with her children of mine?
Answer:
Its feared this is a ploy that can be attained in paying the Zakah to your children whom you are obligated to spend upon anyway, and this is not permissible.
Answered by:
Shaykh Abu Hamza Hassan bin Muhammed Ba Shu’ayb – may Allah preserve him
Source:
t.me/Bashuaib/6242
Translated by:
Abu Mālik Nāsir Al-Ma’mary