Ruling on giving charity to mosques
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Question:
A listener who identified himself as Salih al-Mubarak sent a message containing a collection of questions:
Among them was a question asking: Is it permissible to give charity to mosques?
Answer:
Yes, giving charity to mosques is good. Building and maintaining mosques is among the best acts of drawing near to Allah, provided the charity is voluntary and not zakah. If one builds mosques, repairs them, completes what is lacking in them, or carpets them, this is a righteous deed and a means of drawing near to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), but it must not be from zakah. As for zakah, it is to be given to the eight categories mentioned in the words of the Exalted: [Surat al-Tawbah: 60] (in the cause of Allah), who are the mujahideen. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
A listener who identified himself as Salih al-Mubarak sent a message containing a collection of questions:
Among them was a question asking: Is it permissible to give charity to mosques?
Answer:
Yes, giving charity to mosques is good. Building and maintaining mosques is among the best acts of drawing near to Allah, provided the charity is voluntary and not zakah. If one builds mosques, repairs them, completes what is lacking in them, or carpets them, this is a righteous deed and a means of drawing near to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), but it must not be from zakah. As for zakah, it is to be given to the eight categories mentioned in the words of the Exalted:
Zakah expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed to collect [zakah] and for bringing hearts together [for Islam] and for freeing captives [or slaves] and for those in debt and for the cause of Allah and for the [stranded] traveler
إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَاتُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَالْعَامِلِينَ عَلَيْهَا وَالْمُؤَلَّفَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَفِي الرِّقَابِ وَالْغَارِمِينَ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَاِبْنِ السَّبِيلِThe presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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