The ruling on a trustee taking from the zakah he was entrusted to distribute
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Question:
A person says: I received an amount of zakah to spend on the needy according to my knowledge, and I needed the money for my own need. So, should I return the amount, or should I consider myself a recipient of the zakah?
Answer:
This is a trustee, and a trustee does not take anything for himself except with the permission of the one who appointed him. If the one who appointed him permits him to take for himself from the zakah, then he takes it. But if he does not permit it, he does not take anything for himself, nor for those whose testimony is not accepted, such as his children.
A person says: I received an amount of zakah to spend on the needy according to my knowledge, and I needed the money for my own need. So, should I return the amount, or should I consider myself a recipient of the zakah?
Answer:
This is a trustee, and a trustee does not take anything for himself except with the permission of the one who appointed him. If the one who appointed him permits him to take for himself from the zakah, then he takes it. But if he does not permit it, he does not take anything for himself, nor for those whose testimony is not accepted, such as his children.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6993- حكم أخذ الوكيل من الزكاة التي وكل بتوزيعها - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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