Qur'an Memorization Circles or Women's Qur'an Memorization Centers: Is Zakah Given to These People?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding Qur'an memorization circles or women's Qur'an memorization centers, is zakah given to these people?
Answer:
No, zakah is not given for Qur'an memorization. This is from voluntary charity and donations; it is not given to them. Zakah is for the poor and the needy and the categories mentioned in the text. As for these charitable projects, they are funded from voluntary charitable donations. Yes, building mosques, for example, building schools, teaching the Qur'an—these are good deeds in which zakah is not spent. Zakah is for the eight categories. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding Qur'an memorization circles or women's Qur'an memorization centers, is zakah given to these people?
Answer:
No, zakah is not given for Qur'an memorization. This is from voluntary charity and donations; it is not given to them. Zakah is for the poor and the needy and the categories mentioned in the text. As for these charitable projects, they are funded from voluntary charitable donations. Yes, building mosques, for example, building schools, teaching the Qur'an—these are good deeds in which zakah is not spent. Zakah is for the eight categories. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [979 -3022] حلقات تحفيظ القرآن أو الدور النسائية لتحفيظ القرآن هل يعطى هؤلاء من الزكاة؟ — youtube.com
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