• Prayers & Duties >> Zakat & Charity

    Question ID: 7451Country: India

    Title: We have open a society/trust to Work for the Educational Upliftment of Muslims.Can we use the ZAKAT money in it?

    Question: Dear Sir, Assalamlikum, We have open a society/trust to Work for the Educational Upliftment of Muslims.Can we use the ZAKAT money in it?

    Answer ID: 7451

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 1630/1398=B/1429)

     

    No. The Zakah money must be given as charity to the possession of a poor voluntarily only for the sake of Allah?s pleasure. The Zakah obligation shall not be discharged without it.

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India