Transferring donations collected for printing creedal books to another country
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The questioner:
A man went to the republics and became enthusiastic about the condition of the Muslims there, especially when he was received well. After returning, he collected donations to print useful books on 'aqidah (creed). A good amount of money was gathered, but circumstances changed, and he was unable to travel to those countries again. He does not know whom to trust, and there is a pressing need for these books in some African countries. Is it permissible to transfer the amount for printing the books, given the situation in those countries, knowing that it is difficult for him to inform the donors?
The Shaykh:
He collected this for printing the books.
The questioner:
He collected it to print and distribute them in a certain region, but then it became difficult for him to go to them.
The Shaykh:
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, which can carry out what is necessary through the preachers it has there. The Ministry of Islamic Affairs has preachers in every place; it can do what is required, as if it had received the money to buy books. It can buy books with it and distribute them there through the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, and praise be to Allah. Or it can bring them, or we can agree with the ministry, and the ministry can handle it. But if he hands it over to the minister, there is blessing in that, or to the deputy of Shaykh 'Ali ibn Fahd, or another deputy minister. Yes.
A man went to the republics and became enthusiastic about the condition of the Muslims there, especially when he was received well. After returning, he collected donations to print useful books on 'aqidah (creed). A good amount of money was gathered, but circumstances changed, and he was unable to travel to those countries again. He does not know whom to trust, and there is a pressing need for these books in some African countries. Is it permissible to transfer the amount for printing the books, given the situation in those countries, knowing that it is difficult for him to inform the donors?
The Shaykh:
He collected this for printing the books.
The questioner:
He collected it to print and distribute them in a certain region, but then it became difficult for him to go to them.
The Shaykh:
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, which can carry out what is necessary through the preachers it has there. The Ministry of Islamic Affairs has preachers in every place; it can do what is required, as if it had received the money to buy books. It can buy books with it and distribute them there through the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, and praise be to Allah. Or it can bring them, or we can agree with the ministry, and the ministry can handle it. But if he hands it over to the minister, there is blessing in that, or to the deputy of Shaykh 'Ali ibn Fahd, or another deputy minister. Yes.
Source
إضاءات على زاد المعاد، استكمال بعض ما تضمنته غزوة تبوك من الفقه والفوائد — islamhouse.com (33:01)
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