Can Zakat Be Given to a Madrasah Whose Students Are Not Eligible for Zakat

CategoriesZakah [295]

Fatwa ID: 04773

Answered by: Maulana Imran Mughal

 

Question

 

Can Zakat Be Given to a Madrasah Whose Students Are Not Eligible for Zakat

 

 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

 

Answer

 

Zakat money may not be given to a Madrasah if the students of that Madrasah are not poor enough for them to be eligible for zakat.

 

Only Allah knows best

Written by Maulana Imran Mughal

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

 

 

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