What is the ruling on purchasing books of knowledge with zakah funds and distributing them to poor students of knowledge?
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Question:
He says: Regarding zakah, is it permissible for a person to buy books of knowledge from the zakah and then distribute them to poor students of knowledge?
Answer:
No. Zakah is not to be spent except in the eight categories mentioned by Allah in the verse[At-Tawbah 9:60] to the end of the verse; it is not to be spent except in them. As for projects of good and Islamic centers, these are from voluntary donations. From voluntary donations, not from zakah. Yes.
He says: Regarding zakah, is it permissible for a person to buy books of knowledge from the zakah and then distribute them to poor students of knowledge?
Answer:
No. Zakah is not to be spent except in the eight categories mentioned by Allah in the verse
Zakah expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy
إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَاتُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حُكم شراء كتب علم من أموال الزكاة وتوزيعها على طلبة العلم الفقراء؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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