The ruling on disposing of the funds of alms for which one is the trustee
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Question:
The Shaykh was found saying: What is the ruling on a person who employed others to manage his funds for alms and to distribute them in their proper places, where everyone who needed something from them took it and returned it without his knowledge?
Answer:
This is a trust. If a person is given zakah to deliver to the poor, it is a trust in his hand. It is not permissible for him to borrow from it or take anything from it, because it is a trust in his hand for the poor, to be delivered to them. If he needs to borrow, he should borrow from other than the zakah; he should borrow from his brothers and those he knows. As for taking from the trust that is with him, this is not permissible,[An-Nisa 4:58]. It is not permissible for him to dispose of the trust; rather, he should preserve it until he delivers it to its rightful owners. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If he needs an obligatory amount, he should borrow from others. Yes.
The Shaykh was found saying: What is the ruling on a person who employed others to manage his funds for alms and to distribute them in their proper places, where everyone who needed something from them took it and returned it without his knowledge?
Answer:
This is a trust. If a person is given zakah to deliver to the poor, it is a trust in his hand. It is not permissible for him to borrow from it or take anything from it, because it is a trust in his hand for the poor, to be delivered to them. If he needs to borrow, he should borrow from other than the zakah; he should borrow from his brothers and those he knows. As for taking from the trust that is with him, this is not permissible,
Indeed, Allah commands you to render trusts to whom they are due
إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تُؤَدُّوا الْأَمَانَاتِ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهَا
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب الوضوء - 3 — islamhouse.com (42:02)
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