What is the ruling on zakah in money donated for construction?
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Question:
The questioner says: Is there zakah in the funds collected to build housing or to build a mosque for the neighborhood?
Answer:
Funds collected to build a mosque or to build a charitable project: if these funds come from endowments or bequests, there is no zakah in them. If they come from a collection of endowments or from bequests of the deceased, there is no zakah in them. But if they are collected from donors, the donors must pay zakah on them as long as they have not been spent and remain in reserve and the construction has not been carried out; the zakah is due on their owners. Yes.
The questioner says: Is there zakah in the funds collected to build housing or to build a mosque for the neighborhood?
Answer:
Funds collected to build a mosque or to build a charitable project: if these funds come from endowments or bequests, there is no zakah in them. If they come from a collection of endowments or from bequests of the deceased, there is no zakah in them. But if they are collected from donors, the donors must pay zakah on them as long as they have not been spent and remain in reserve and the construction has not been carried out; the zakah is due on their owners. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الزكاة في المال المتبرع به للبناء؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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