Is the amount a teacher deducts from his salary and gives as prizes to students considered charity?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is the money a teacher deducts from his salary and pays to students in the form of prizes, as a means of encouraging them to learn, considered ongoing charity?
Answer:
If they are poor, it is considered charity. But if they are wealthy, this is considered encouragement to learn the Qur'an, not charity; rather, it is encouragement to learn the Qur'an and spending money on learning the Qur'an, and this is a righteous deed.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is the money a teacher deducts from his salary and pays to students in the form of prizes, as a means of encouraging them to learn, considered ongoing charity?
Answer:
If they are poor, it is considered charity. But if they are wealthy, this is considered encouragement to learn the Qur'an, not charity; rather, it is encouragement to learn the Qur'an and spending money on learning the Qur'an, and this is a righteous deed.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1164- 4717] هل المبلغ الذي يستقطعه المعلم من راتبه ويفعله جوائز للطلاب يعتبر صدقة؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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