The agent taking from the zakah money for himself
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A colleague of mine at work gave me a sum of money as zakah to give to those who are entitled to it. I was among those entitled to zakah, but I was too shy to tell him, so I took half of the amount and gave the rest to another person who was entitled to it. Is there anything required of me in this matter?
The Shaykh:
No, this is not permissible for you. You are a trustee, and a trustee does not take anything for himself. You are a trustee and an agent, and an agent does not take anything for himself except with the permission of the one who appointed him.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you: If this is not permissible and I was unable to contact him because he has left the job, what should I do with what I took previously?
The Shaykh:
You return it. You return it and give it to the one who told you to do so. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A colleague of mine at work gave me a sum of money as zakah to give to those who are entitled to it. I was among those entitled to zakah, but I was too shy to tell him, so I took half of the amount and gave the rest to another person who was entitled to it. Is there anything required of me in this matter?
The Shaykh:
No, this is not permissible for you. You are a trustee, and a trustee does not take anything for himself. You are a trustee and an agent, and an agent does not take anything for himself except with the permission of the one who appointed him.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you: If this is not permissible and I was unable to contact him because he has left the job, what should I do with what I took previously?
The Shaykh:
You return it. You return it and give it to the one who told you to do so. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 18-01-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (59:14)
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