Paying Zakah to Build a House for a Poor Person
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to pay zakah to build a house for a poor person who has no money and no house, knowing that I will pay the zakah for the coming year in advance?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that, and you are doing good. Paying the zakah for the coming year in advance to build a house for someone in need is permissible. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to pay zakah to build a house for a poor person who has no money and no house, knowing that I will pay the zakah for the coming year in advance?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that, and you are doing good. Paying the zakah for the coming year in advance to build a house for someone in need is permissible. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، المقدمة، وأول كتاب الطهارة — islamhouse.com (1:12:18)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.