Issue 955: The person who receives Zakat must not be an obstinate infidel or an obstinate or negligent non-Shiite, and if, in one way or another especially through religious procedures, one makes certain that the person who is receiving the Zakat is neither such an obstinate infidel nor an obstinate or negligent non-Shiite, and thus gives them the Zakat and they use it up, but later it is revealed that this person has been an obstinate infidel or negligent non-Shiite, it will not be necessary for the giver to pay Zakat again.

Issue 956: It is not permissible to pay the expenses of one’s dependents like their children out of Zakat; but the dependents may receive Zakat from others.

Issue 957: A father can give Zakat to his son in order for him to get married; similarly, a son can pay Zakat to his father so that he can get married.