Purchasing furniture for the poor and orphans from zakat funds
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible to purchase furniture for the poor, or for orphans, from zakat funds?
Answer:
Yes, if they are not skilled at purchasing, there is no harm in doing so, provided they do not have an agent who spends the zakat on their needs, or if they squander it or it is lost from them. There is no harm in purchasing specific items and goods and giving them to them according to their need. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah grant you success,
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible to purchase furniture for the poor, or for orphans, from zakat funds?
Answer:
Yes, if they are not skilled at purchasing, there is no harm in doing so, provided they do not have an agent who spends the zakat on their needs, or if they squander it or it is lost from them. There is no harm in purchasing specific items and goods and giving them to them according to their need. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah grant you success,
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل هذا السماع الشيطاني المضاد للسماع الرحماني له في الشرع بضعة عشر اسمًا — islamhouse.com (1:06:26)
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