The ruling on spending the share for the path of Allah on Hajj and printing books
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some students of knowledge have expanded the scope of the share for the path of Allah to include Hajj and printing books.
The Shaykh:
Yes, Hajj falls under the path of Allah, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saidSunan Ibn Majah 2901Sahih (Darussalam). Hajj is a form of jihad, so it is permissible. I mean, the obligatory Hajj or the voluntary Hajj. The obligatory Hajj is jihad in the path of Allah, and zakah may be spent on it. Yes.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you, that they included printing books for da'wah (calling others to Islam) in it.
The Shaykh:
No, printing books, building mosques, building houses of charity and schools—these are from donations; zakah is not placed in them.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some students of knowledge have expanded the scope of the share for the path of Allah to include Hajj and printing books.
The Shaykh:
Yes, Hajj falls under the path of Allah, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said
Upon them is a Jihad in which there is no fighting: Al-Hajj and Al-‘Umrah.
عليهن جهاد لا قتال فيه الحج والعمرةThe questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you, that they included printing books for da'wah (calling others to Islam) in it.
The Shaykh:
No, printing books, building mosques, building houses of charity and schools—these are from donations; zakah is not placed in them.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1033 -3022] توسع بعض طلبة العلم في سهم في سبيل الله، فأدخل فيه الحج وطبع الكتب، فما الحكم؟ — youtube.com
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