Investing Zakah Funds and Then Giving Them to the Poor
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it permissible to invest zakah funds and then give them to the poor afterward?
Answer:
No, zakah funds are to be distributed at the time they become obligatory and are not to be delayed; rather, they are to be distributed at the time they become obligatory. Give zakah, and the scholars say that zakah is to be paid immediately; paying zakah is immediate.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it permissible to invest zakah funds and then give them to the poor afterward?
Answer:
No, zakah funds are to be distributed at the time they become obligatory and are not to be delayed; rather, they are to be distributed at the time they become obligatory. Give zakah, and the scholars say that zakah is to be paid immediately; paying zakah is immediate.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 82 من 83 / شرح مختصر زاد المعاد / حكمه بالغنائم / صالح الفوزان / السيرة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:00:57)
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