QUESTION:

Is there a maximum amount one can receive in Zakat or can be given to one who is allowed to receive and accept Zakat?

ANSWER:

In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.

A person who is eligible to receive Zakāt can be given Zakāt. However, it is discouraged and disliked to uncessarily give an eligible person so much Zakāt that he becomes owner of niṣāb or more, though Zakāt will be rendered valid. If an eligible person is given such an amount out of necessity, then it will not be disliked.

And Allah, the Almighty, knows best

Mufti Sufyan Ibn Yakub

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