There is a Muslim school registered by government who is providing Islamic and modern education for Muslims and non-Muslims student and free education for poor students Muslim and non-Muslim. I want to know this school management can get or use zakat, sadaqatul-fitr, chaliswan and chirm-qurbani for education purposes. And that will be jayez?"> There is a Muslim school registered by government who is providing Islamic and modern education for Muslims and non-Muslims student and free education for poor students Muslim and non-Muslim. I want to know this school management can get or use zakat, sadaqatul-fitr, chaliswan and chirm-qurbani for education purposes. And that will be jayez?">

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    Question ID: 3265Country: Saudi Arabia

    Title: There is a Muslim school registered by government who is providing Islamic and modern education for Muslims and non-Muslims student and free education for poor students Muslim and non-Muslim. I want to know this school management can get or use zakat, sadaqatul-fitr, chaliswan and chirm-qurbani for education purposes. And that will be jayez?

    Question: There is a Muslim school registered by government who is providing Islamic and modern education for Muslims and non-Muslims student and free education for poor students Muslim and non-Muslim. I want to know this school management can get or use zakat, sadaqatul-fitr, chaliswan and chirm-qurbani for education purposes. And that will be jayez?

    Answer ID: 3265

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 78/78=J)

     

    Zakah, Sadaqatul Fitr and price of Skin of Slaughtered animal of Qurbani must be given to the poor Muslims; otherwise the zakah will not be valid. Therefore, it is unlawful to utilize these amounts for educational purposes.

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India