Fatwa ID: 08296

Answered by Moulana Ateiq-ur Rehman

Question:

Have you brothers come across this before, and is it permissible?

Getting a FREE ‘gift’ for giving your Zakaat? Looks like One Ummah Charity are behind it.

This free gift obviously would incentivise one to give their Zakaat here and get something in return, wouldn’t that spoil the Zakaat?

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

Answer:

Thank you for your question. The Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Actions are according to their intentions and every person will get what they intended” (Bukhari:1)

Zakaat is an act of worship and must be given solely for the sake of Allah. If a person gives Zakaat with the intention of receiving a gift in return, it compromises sincerity and can invalidate the obligation.

To answer your question, so long as the person is paying their zakaat with the intention to fulfil an Islamic obligation, and not for the freebies, their zakaat will not be spoilt.

Only Allah knows best

Written by Maulana Ateiq-ur Rehman

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

لزكاة: واجبة على الحر المسلم البالغ العاقل إذا ملك نصابا ملكا تاما وحال عليه الحول وليس على صبي ولا مجنون وال مكاتب زكاة

ومن كان عليه دين يحيط فلا زكاة عليه

وإن كان ماله أكثر من الدين زكى الفاضل إذا بلغ نصابا وليس في دور السكنى وثياب البدن وأثاث المنازل ودواب الركوب وعبيد الخدمة وسلاح الاستعمال زكاة

ولا يجوز أداء الزكاة إلا بينة مقارنة للأداء أو مقارنة لعزل مقدار الواجب

ومن تصدق بجميع ماله ولم ينو الزكاة سقط فرضها عنه

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