Distributing zakah as salaries for teachers at a Qur'an memorization school
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Fatwa number ( 21193 )
Q: There is a charitable school for memorizing the Noble Qur'an, which focuses on teaching the Book of Allah to women specifically. This school includes more than 500 students and is staffed by twenty teachers. Each teacher has been allocated eight hundred riyals (800 monthly), but the school is currently unable to pay the amounts it owes and is on the verge of closing due to this shortfall. The question is: Is it permissible to distribute zakah to this school as salaries for those in charge and for the school's needs? And if it is permissible, is it permissible to reserve the remaining amount so that it can be spent in the coming months? Please give us a ruling, and may Allah reward you.
A: If the matter is as described, it is not permissible to distribute zakah as salaries for the teachers, nor for those in charge of the school, nor for any of the school's needs; because the entity mentioned is not among its lawful recipients. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: There is a charitable school for memorizing the Noble Qur'an, which focuses on teaching the Book of Allah to women specifically. This school includes more than 500 students and is staffed by twenty teachers. Each teacher has been allocated eight hundred riyals (800 monthly), but the school is currently unable to pay the amounts it owes and is on the verge of closing due to this shortfall. The question is: Is it permissible to distribute zakah to this school as salaries for those in charge and for the school's needs? And if it is permissible, is it permissible to reserve the remaining amount so that it can be spent in the coming months? Please give us a ruling, and may Allah reward you.
A: If the matter is as described, it is not permissible to distribute zakah as salaries for the teachers, nor for those in charge of the school, nor for any of the school's needs; because the entity mentioned is not among its lawful recipients. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
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