The mosque imam taking money to purchase and distribute zakat al-fitr
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible for the mosque imam to take money from people to buy zakat al-fitr for them, on the grounds that they have appointed him to distribute it? What? Is it permissible for the mosque imam to take money from people to buy zakat al-fitr for them, on the grounds that they have appointed him to distribute it?
Answer:
No. A person does not tell people, “Appoint me.” No one says, “Appoint me” for any of the good deeds, unless one person appoints him. If he is appointed and he has the ability, he accepts it. If he asks people to appoint him, that is not appropriate. Yes, this is a place of suspicion. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible for the mosque imam to take money from people to buy zakat al-fitr for them, on the grounds that they have appointed him to distribute it? What? Is it permissible for the mosque imam to take money from people to buy zakat al-fitr for them, on the grounds that they have appointed him to distribute it?
Answer:
No. A person does not tell people, “Appoint me.” No one says, “Appoint me” for any of the good deeds, unless one person appoints him. If he is appointed and he has the ability, he accepts it. If he asks people to appoint him, that is not appropriate. Yes, this is a place of suspicion. Yes.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية [ صالح الفوزان ] [ 1438هـ ]، بداية من قوله : وقوله : { ولله العزة ولرسوله وللمؤمنين } — islamhouse.com (1:04:33)
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