Q: If someone ends up having some income from interest which is not too uncommon in non-Muslim countries, can this be given away to some one poor, an orphan or a widow?

A: Well. . .the truth of the matter is that one should just not take it right from the very beginning. But, if one
has taken it, then he can give it to anyone who is deserving of zakah including orphans and widows.

Contemporary fatawaa