Paying the fee of a training institute for a poor person from zakah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: There is an institute that trains people in a specific trade for a fee. If I pay the institute's fee on behalf of a poor person and count it as zakah, is that permissible?
Answer:
No. The poor person is the one who gives it. The poor person disposes of it; he gives it to the institute or buys with it a need of his. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: There is an institute that trains people in a specific trade for a fee. If I pay the institute's fee on behalf of a poor person and count it as zakah, is that permissible?
Answer:
No. The poor person is the one who gives it. The poor person disposes of it; he gives it to the institute or buys with it a need of his. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن ذلك اتخاذها عيدًا — islamhouse.com (1:07:29)
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