Giving Zakah to Qur'an Memorization Centers
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Question:
Is it permissible to give some of the zakah, or a portion of the zakah, to Qur'an memorization centers?
Answer:
If there are poor people, and the poor students are given it, then there is no harm. But if it is given for the purpose of memorizing the Qur'an, and one does not know what is done with it—perhaps it is given as salaries to the teachers, or they have salaries from the association or from the government—then this is not permissible. One must know where it is spent, that it has reached the poor among the students. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Is it permissible to give some of the zakah, or a portion of the zakah, to Qur'an memorization centers?
Answer:
If there are poor people, and the poor students are given it, then there is no harm. But if it is given for the purpose of memorizing the Qur'an, and one does not know what is done with it—perhaps it is given as salaries to the teachers, or they have salaries from the association or from the government—then this is not permissible. One must know where it is spent, that it has reached the poor among the students. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/020 — archive.org (12:06)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.