The ruling on purchasing Qur'ans with zakah funds
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: I have some zakah money. Is it permissible for me to buy Qur'ans with it and distribute them to the mosques?
The Shaykh:
What does he have?
The questioner:
Zakah money.
The Shaykh:
No, zakah is not used to buy Qur'ans. It is distributed to the poor.[At-Tawbah 9:60] There are eight categories; it is not used to buy Qur'ans, nor to buy houses, nor to buy anything else. Rather, it is given to the poor and the needy, the eight categories that Allah specified. It is not used to build schools or to fund projects. No, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: I have some zakah money. Is it permissible for me to buy Qur'ans with it and distribute them to the mosques?
The Shaykh:
What does he have?
The questioner:
Zakah money.
The Shaykh:
No, zakah is not used to buy Qur'ans. It is distributed to the poor.
Zakah expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy
إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَاتُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ
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شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وتمام الكلام في هذا المقام العظيم يتبين بأصول نافعة جامعة — islamhouse.com (54:38)
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