The Taking of Zakah by Islamic Associations in Lands of Disbelief
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Are the Islamic associations that oversee mosques in lands of disbelief considered among those working on them, such that it is permissible for them to take something from the zakah?
Answer:
My brother, zakah is not placed in mosques; it is not permissible to spend it on mosques. It is given to the poor and the needy and the eight categories. Yes. It is not permissible for a person to be among those working on it if the ruler has not assigned him to this task. If he assigns himself, or if the head of the association assigns him, no. Or if the Islamic center assigns him, no. It is obligatory that the one in authority assign him.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Are the Islamic associations that oversee mosques in lands of disbelief considered among those working on them, such that it is permissible for them to take something from the zakah?
Answer:
My brother, zakah is not placed in mosques; it is not permissible to spend it on mosques. It is given to the poor and the needy and the eight categories. Yes. It is not permissible for a person to be among those working on it if the ruler has not assigned him to this task. If he assigns himself, or if the head of the association assigns him, no. Or if the Islamic center assigns him, no. It is obligatory that the one in authority assign him.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 02-02-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (51:10)
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