The ruling on changing the intention of charity after it has been collected
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Question:
The questioner says: A person collected charity to give it for a specific purpose, and after collecting the charity, he changed his intention to give it for another purpose. Is that permissible?
Answer:
Charity is of two types: obligatory charity, which is zakah. It is Allah, Mighty and Majestic, who has specified its recipients, so a person must not divert it from the recipients that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has mentioned. As for voluntary charity that is not obligatory, a person may give it to whom he wishes and may change where he gives it. He may place it in such-and-such, or in such-and-such of the avenues of good; there is no objection. Yes.
The questioner says: A person collected charity to give it for a specific purpose, and after collecting the charity, he changed his intention to give it for another purpose. Is that permissible?
Answer:
Charity is of two types: obligatory charity, which is zakah. It is Allah, Mighty and Majestic, who has specified its recipients, so a person must not divert it from the recipients that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has mentioned. As for voluntary charity that is not obligatory, a person may give it to whom he wishes and may change where he gives it. He may place it in such-and-such, or in such-and-such of the avenues of good; there is no objection. Yes.
Source
مجالس رمضان 1431هـ - 05 — alfawzan.live (23:38)
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