My daughter is in a Qur'an memorization school and receives a monthly stipend from the state. Is there zakah due on this stipend?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I have a daughter in the third grade of primary school in a Qur'an memorization school, and she receives a monthly stipend from the state. His question is: Is there zakah due on this stipend for this girl?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if she possesses an amount that reaches the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah) or more, and a lunar year has passed over it, zakah becomes obligatory for both the young and the old, because it is a right in the wealth. Therefore, it is obligatory in the wealth of orphans and in the wealth of the insane; zakah is due in it because it is a right in the wealth, and in their wealth there is a known right, regardless of the owner. Yes.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you: I am currently keeping these funds and do not give them to her until she grows up, so that she does not mess with them. He asks: Is this a mistake on my part, or am I required to hand them over to her?
The Shaykh:
You should look at what is in her best interest and give her according to her best interest. Do not give her anything that is not in her best interest. You are a trustee over her.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I have a daughter in the third grade of primary school in a Qur'an memorization school, and she receives a monthly stipend from the state. His question is: Is there zakah due on this stipend for this girl?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if she possesses an amount that reaches the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah) or more, and a lunar year has passed over it, zakah becomes obligatory for both the young and the old, because it is a right in the wealth. Therefore, it is obligatory in the wealth of orphans and in the wealth of the insane; zakah is due in it because it is a right in the wealth, and in their wealth there is a known right, regardless of the owner. Yes.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you: I am currently keeping these funds and do not give them to her until she grows up, so that she does not mess with them. He asks: Is this a mistake on my part, or am I required to hand them over to her?
The Shaykh:
You should look at what is in her best interest and give her according to her best interest. Do not give her anything that is not in her best interest. You are a trustee over her.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1052 -3022] طفلتي في مدارس تحفيظ القرآن، وتعطى مكافأة شهرية من الدولة، فهل في هذه المكافأة زكاة؟ — youtube.com
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