A question regarding the issue of collecting donations for mosques.

The questioner : ... that the wealthy person, when this money is delivered, it is more beneficial and better for him, meaning he sees the reality and the appearance and observes the conditions of people. But these are rare and few cases. However, most of the wealthy, even those who distribute it by hand, sometimes after they distribute it, they say to me, "O Shaykh, give me a receipt for the tax." I tell them, "As long as you..."

The Shaykh : This is my brother, the cause of it—and if you cut off your speech, the cause is that from both parties, I expressed that one of them knows the poor and the needy, but he is not wealthy, and the other does not know the poor and the needy, but he is wealthy. Both parties deal based on this system, which is not Islamic.

The questioner : Correct.

The Shaykh : But imagine now, this is why we say, O people, the Muslim state must never, ever be built upon implementing all these existing systems today, especially in the manner of those so-called Islamists who enter the parliaments thinking that they will turn them into an Islamic Shura Council. This is impossible. If the Muslims continue to follow these existing systems, the establishment of Islam will never happen, and vice versa, completely. If you have a person among us who deals with Islamic treatment, you will find these wealthy people are not the ones you are describing.

The questioner : Correct.

The Shaykh : Now, this is it.

The questioner: Correct.

The Shaykh : And therefore...

The questioner : Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy.

The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.

The questioner : Welcome.

The Shaykh : What Allah willed, take it.

The questioner : How?

The Shaykh : This is a case.

The questioner : I have wealthy clients, and I tell them, no receipt.

Another questioner : No, our Shaykh, your situation is different from our situation. As a mosque imam, I cannot do what you do. I want to collect from the mosque on Friday, but I cannot collect except with an official document.

The Shaykh : Do not collect, my brother, do not collect...

The questioner : Well, following this, our Shaykh, another question. Now I want to end this committee. We are submitting a request and signing that we are resigning from this committee.

Another questioner : Our Shaykh, may Allah preserve you.

Another questioner : Now, in the case of resignation, we need to hand over the amount that is in the bank. We will hand it over to the Zakat Fund. What is the ruling of this in the Shari'ah? Or, I mean, or do you think we should wait until we finish the amount, remaining on the committee until we finish the existing amount, meaning we clear it out? This requires months.

The Shaykh : Meaning, you devote yourself to spending what you have.

The questioner : But I do not collect.

The Shaykh : And you do not turn to collecting.

The questioner : I do not collect, I only spend what is in the bank.

The Shaykh : Good. And regarding the first method, which is the handover.

The questioner : The handover, this remains limited because...

The Shaykh : No, if you hand it over to someone else and you are released from this matter.

The questioner : There is no other way except that we submit our resignation, take the papers, and go hand them over to the Zakat Fund, including our balance in the bank, which the Zakat Fund needs to receive.

The Shaykh : Yes, I believe this is better for you and more in accordance with the Shari'ah.

The questioner : Than that we remain until we clear it out.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : And may Allah protect you, if Allah wills.

The questioner : By Allah, our Shaykh, this is a real problem because...

The Shaykh : I wish, I wish this problem were the only problem in the world.

The questioner : Because the truth is, you cannot collect; you are forbidden from collecting in any mosque, or in any grocery store, or any place you go to collect, except with something official from the Waqf (Endowment) authority.

Another questioner : ... May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.

The questioner : How are you, our Shaykh?

The Shaykh : Welcome, Abu Fadi.

The questioner : Welcome, our Shaykh.

The Shaykh : You did not fully alert us to your presence here.

The questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, out of fear of interrupting your conversation, I was content with just greeting you by offering the salam without shaking hands.

The Shaykh : I do not think that interrupts our conversation.

The questioner : The conversation was interrupted, O Shaykh, waiting...Abu Layla .