Prayers & Duties >> Zakat & Charity
Question ID: 46913Country: India
Answer ID: 46913
Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !
(Fatwa: 1159/1159/M=9/1434) If the arrangement of iftari is done for the prisoners in a way that only all the Muslim prisoners are allowed on the same table and they are not made owner of iftar regularly then it is only ibahat (permission to eat), it is not a tamlik (giving in possession), while tamlik is a condition for zakah to be paid. Hence it is not right to take or give zakah for the above mentioned purpose.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband, India