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Giving Fidya Amount to Deserving Grandchildren

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Fatwa No :
90111
| Date :
2025-12-17
عبادات / زکوۃ و صدقات / مصارف زکوۃ و صدقات

Giving Fidya Amount to Deserving Grandchildren

Respected Mufti, Assalamu Alaikum, I wish to inquire about the fidya for missed fasts and prayers due to old age or chronic illness. Specifically: Is it permissible to give this fidya to one’s grandchildren (i.e., grandson, granddaughter) if they are poor and deserving, even though they are not under one’s guardianship? Kindly provide the Shariʿah ruling along with supporting evidence. May Allah reward you all with goodness.

الجوابُ حامِدا ًو مُصلیِّا ً

It should be clearly understood that the recipients of fidya and all other obligatory charity are the same as those specified for zakah. Therefore, giving the fidya amount to one’s grandsons or granddaughters is not permissible, just as it is not permissible to give zakah to them. Doing so will not fulfill the obligation of the person paying the fidya.

مأخَذُ الفَتوی

کما فی الدر المختار:(ولا الى من بينهما ولاد) (او ) بينهما (زوجية) اى بينه وبين المدفوع اليه لان منافع لاملاک بینهم متصلة،فلا تحقق التمليك على الكمال،(باب المصرف،ج:2،ص:346،ط:سعید)
وفی ردالمختار: قوله : وإلى من بينهما ولاد) أي بينه وبين المدفوع إليه؛ لأن منافع الأملاك بينهم متصلة فلا يتحقق التمليك على الكمال هداية والولاد بالكسر مصدر ولدت المرأة ولادة وولادا مغرب أي أصله وإن علا كأبويه وأجداده وجداته من قبلهما وفرعه وإن سفل بفتح الفاء من باب طلب والضم خطأ؛ لأنه من السفالة وهي الخساسة مغرب كأولاد الأولاد وشمل الولاد بالنكاح والسفاح فلا يدفع إلى ولده من الزنا ولا من نفاه كما سيأتي، وكذا ‌كل ‌صدقة ‌واجبة كالفطرة والنذر والكفارات،(باب المصرف،ج:2،ص:346،ط:سعید)
وفیہ ایضا:(أي مصرف الزكاة والعشر ) وهو مصرف أيضا لصدقة الفطر والكفارة والنذر وغير ذلك من الصدقات الواجبة(کتاب الزکوۃ،باب المصرف، ج:3،ص:339، ط:سعيد)
وفی البحر الرائق:(قوله وأصله، وإن علا وفرعه، وإن سفل) بالجر أي لا يجوز الدفع إلى أبيه وجده، وإن علا، ولا إلى ولده وولد ولده، وإن سفل؛ لأن المنفعة لم تنقطع عن الملك من كل وجه كما قدمه في تعريف الزكاة؛ لأن الواجب عليه الإخراج عن ملكه رقبة ومنفعة، ولم يوجد في الأصول والفروع الإخراج عن ملكه منفعة وإن وجد رقبة، وفي عبده وجد الإخراج منفعة لا رقبة كذا في المستصفى، وفيه إشارة إلى أن هذا الحكم لا يخص الزكاة بل ‌كل ‌صدقة ‌واجبة لا يجوز دفعها لهم كأحد الزوجين كالكفارات وصدقة الفطر والنذور،(باب المصرف،ج:2،ص:243،ط:رشیدیۃ)۔

And Allah knows best
حسین احمد عبدالمجید عُفی عنه
دار الافتاء جامعه بنوریه عالمیه

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