• Prayers & Duties >> Zakat & Charity

    Question ID: 13678Country: India

    Title: CAN I GIVE ZAQAT TO OTHER THAN MUSLIMS?

    Question: CAN I GIVE ZAQAT TO OTHER THAN MUSLIMS?

    Answer ID: 13678

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 940/940=M/1430)

     

    It is impermissible to give Zakah to a non-Muslim:

    وأما أھل الذمۃ فلا یجوز صرف الزکاۃ إلیھم بالاتفاق (عالمگیري)

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India