Ruling on Giving Students of Knowledge from Zakah Funds
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Question:
A letter reached the program from Jeddah, and its sender is a listener who referred to his name by the letters: (A. A. H. Sh). He says: There is a student of knowledge and a caller to Allah, and he wants to devote himself to seeking knowledge and calling to Allah, but he is working for one of the merchants for a monthly wage; because he does not have what to spend on himself and his family. And I have agreed with him that I will give him a monthly salary, half of it from zakah and half from capital, on the condition that he leaves his work and devotes himself to seeking knowledge and calling to Allah, and the wage for calling to Allah is shared between us. Is this action correct? Guide us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Yes, yes, this action is correct and good, and you are rewarded, and he is entitled to zakah. And if a person devotes himself to seeking knowledge, and he does not have what suffices for his condition; then he is given from zakah what suffices for his condition, and praise be to Allah, yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, regarding the wage being shared?
The Shaykh : It is all according to his expenses, praise be to Allah. If the halves of the expenses are halves, praise be to Allah, yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
A letter reached the program from Jeddah, and its sender is a listener who referred to his name by the letters: (A. A. H. Sh). He says: There is a student of knowledge and a caller to Allah, and he wants to devote himself to seeking knowledge and calling to Allah, but he is working for one of the merchants for a monthly wage; because he does not have what to spend on himself and his family. And I have agreed with him that I will give him a monthly salary, half of it from zakah and half from capital, on the condition that he leaves his work and devotes himself to seeking knowledge and calling to Allah, and the wage for calling to Allah is shared between us. Is this action correct? Guide us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Yes, yes, this action is correct and good, and you are rewarded, and he is entitled to zakah. And if a person devotes himself to seeking knowledge, and he does not have what suffices for his condition; then he is given from zakah what suffices for his condition, and praise be to Allah, yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, regarding the wage being shared?
The Shaykh : It is all according to his expenses, praise be to Allah. If the halves of the expenses are halves, praise be to Allah, yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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