The ruling on giving zakah to school students and mosque preachers?
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Question:
He says in another question: Is it permissible, or rather, is it obligatory? Is it permissible to give zakah to school students who are in elementary, middle, or high school? And is it permissible if you give it to the people of knowledge among the mosque preachers, if you feel that they are in need of it?
Answer:
Zakah is obligatory for the poor and the needy, and the remaining eight categories. So if these students, or preachers, or mosque imams are among the poor, then zakah is given to them because of their poverty. But if they are not poor, because they have what suffices them for their year, then zakah is not permissible for them. Yes.
He says in another question: Is it permissible, or rather, is it obligatory? Is it permissible to give zakah to school students who are in elementary, middle, or high school? And is it permissible if you give it to the people of knowledge among the mosque preachers, if you feel that they are in need of it?
Answer:
Zakah is obligatory for the poor and the needy, and the remaining eight categories. So if these students, or preachers, or mosque imams are among the poor, then zakah is given to them because of their poverty. But if they are not poor, because they have what suffices them for their year, then zakah is not permissible for them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5672- حكم صرف الزكاة لطلاب المدارس وخطباء المساجد؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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