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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on giving salaries to the heads of charitable associations from zakah?

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The questioner : ... The ruler does not employ [people] in a position where there is a Muslim ruler who employs [them] ...?

The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you! ...

The questioner : Meaning, is it considered ... the government follows it, is this considered the same as the government which is ...?

The Shaykh : Do not try to justify what you are in, but try to get out of it!

The questioner : Getting out of it ... frees five hundred families ...

The Shaykh :
O you who have believed, upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided يا أبها الذين آمنوا عليكم أنفسكم لا يضركم من ضل إذا تهتديتم
[Al-Ma'idah 5:105]
Begin with yourself, then with those who depend on you!
Source alathar.net

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