Re: can i give Zakat to Shia family
affordability is a very subjective term. Just because I can pay more zakat does not mean that I have more of extra cash that I can give away. If that was the criteria than Allah SWT would have set the Zakat percentage at an exponential scale already, so rich people would pay 5% zakat and relatively less richer would pay at 2.5%. But beause its set at 2.5, then it means that you are expected to take care of the one who are eligible, through that amount.
I am not denying that we are not suppose to give Zakat to Sayeds, but I heard from scholars that becaus ethere is no true way of telling who is Sayed and who is not (as I said, what if I give Zakat to someone who is a real sayed, but his name does not have sayed), then its allowed to pay to every muslim who is not sahib-e-nisaab