Is it permissible for a man entrusted with zakah funds to be distributed to the poor to take from them when he is in need and then return them afterward?
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The questioner: That is, you took the zakah, then you needed it for one or two nights, so you took an amount and then returned it afterward. Is that permissible?
The Shaykh: It is not permissible; because a person does not have control over himself, and what Allah decrees may happen, such as being unable to fulfill the obligation or dying before fulfilling it, and the like. In that case, it would be consuming the rights of the poor.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then it is not permissible.
The questioner : Then it is not permissible.
The Shaykh: It is not permissible; because a person does not have control over himself, and what Allah decrees may happen, such as being unable to fulfill the obligation or dying before fulfilling it, and the like. In that case, it would be consuming the rights of the poor.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then it is not permissible.
The questioner : Then it is not permissible.
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