The Ruling on Delegating the Distribution of Zakah to Associations
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The presenter:
We are taking a call from Abu Fahd from Riyadh. Go ahead, Abu Fahd. Peace be upon you. And upon you, peace.
The Shaykh:
Peace.
The questioner:
I am just asking Shaykh Salih. Go ahead, Shaykh. May Allah reward you. Is it permissible, I mean, to distribute zakah to, for example, associations like the Ibn Baz Association for the Married, or, for example, other associations? Is it permissible to hand it over to them? Do they distribute it on your behalf, or is it necessary that you do it with your own hands?
The presenter:
All right, this is the first question.
The Shaykh:
In the afternoon, you distribute the zakah with your own hands.
The questioner:
I am not able to.
The Shaykh:
That is the default. The default is that you name.
The presenter:
Listen, listen, listen, my brother.
The Shaykh:
I say the default is that you distribute the zakah with your own hands. Allah the Exalted said: "And give the zakah." You see in it a turning away, meaning.
The presenter:
O Sa'id, all right, who is the caller? Yes, go ahead. Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
I say the default is that the Muslim distributes his zakah himself and gives it to those whom Allah has specified, so that his conscience is cleared thereby. And if he finds someone he trusts who will deliver this zakah to its rightful recipients in its due time and not withhold it, there is no harm in delegating it or appointing a representative, whether an association or an individual. The important thing is that he finds someone he trusts to deliver the zakah to its rightful recipients in its due time. Yes.
The presenter:
Good.
The questioner:
For example, I am not able to distribute it myself because there is a lot of it. So I have to give it, for example, to the Islamic Youth Association and the Qassim Warehouse and the Qassim Store that they call this. Ben. Ben. Ben.
The presenter:
Good, good.
The Shaykh:
As I mentioned to you, if you trust the one who will deliver it to the poor and not withhold it, there is no harm in delegating to him. But as for one you do not know, or one you do not trust, or you do not know what he does, then it remains in your conscience; it does not come out of your conscience until it reaches its owners. Yes.
We are taking a call from Abu Fahd from Riyadh. Go ahead, Abu Fahd. Peace be upon you. And upon you, peace.
The Shaykh:
Peace.
The questioner:
I am just asking Shaykh Salih. Go ahead, Shaykh. May Allah reward you. Is it permissible, I mean, to distribute zakah to, for example, associations like the Ibn Baz Association for the Married, or, for example, other associations? Is it permissible to hand it over to them? Do they distribute it on your behalf, or is it necessary that you do it with your own hands?
The presenter:
All right, this is the first question.
The Shaykh:
In the afternoon, you distribute the zakah with your own hands.
The questioner:
I am not able to.
The Shaykh:
That is the default. The default is that you name.
The presenter:
Listen, listen, listen, my brother.
The Shaykh:
I say the default is that you distribute the zakah with your own hands. Allah the Exalted said: "And give the zakah." You see in it a turning away, meaning.
The presenter:
O Sa'id, all right, who is the caller? Yes, go ahead. Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
I say the default is that the Muslim distributes his zakah himself and gives it to those whom Allah has specified, so that his conscience is cleared thereby. And if he finds someone he trusts who will deliver this zakah to its rightful recipients in its due time and not withhold it, there is no harm in delegating it or appointing a representative, whether an association or an individual. The important thing is that he finds someone he trusts to deliver the zakah to its rightful recipients in its due time. Yes.
The presenter:
Good.
The questioner:
For example, I am not able to distribute it myself because there is a lot of it. So I have to give it, for example, to the Islamic Youth Association and the Qassim Warehouse and the Qassim Store that they call this. Ben. Ben. Ben.
The presenter:
Good, good.
The Shaykh:
As I mentioned to you, if you trust the one who will deliver it to the poor and not withhold it, there is no harm in delegating to him. But as for one you do not know, or one you do not trust, or you do not know what he does, then it remains in your conscience; it does not come out of your conscience until it reaches its owners. Yes.
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 26 / فتاوى على الهواء - 05 11 1434هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (11:46)
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