Is it permissible for workers in charitable associations to take from the zakah funds collected by the association?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The workers in some charitable associations take from the association's funds, and they are employees there, taking from the zakah funds. They say that they are working on it. Is that permissible for them?

Answer:
No. The ones working on it are those appointed by the one in authority, the one in authority who appoints them as workers. As for the association, it is not within its authority to appoint workers, meaning to take on the authority of the one in authority. No.
Also, they receive the zakah, and they may be lenient in paying it out. This is so, and they bear its responsibility. We do not advise them to do so, because it is a heavy burden and a responsibility. So we do not advise them to receive the zakah unless they take it and immediately deposit it for the needy. They take it from the one paying zakah and immediately deposit it for the needy, and it does not remain with them. In this case, there may be no harm. But if they take it and hoard it with them, and it is not known what happens to it, and it may spoil if it is dates or food, or spoil due to the length of time, then it is not permissible to be negligent with zakah, O servants of Allah. Yes.