{"id":37564,"date":"2025-11-25T19:02:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T19:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=37564"},"modified":"2025-11-25T20:35:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:35:29","slug":"can-a-masjid-keep-a-donation-the-donor-intends-as-zakat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/can-a-masjid-keep-a-donation-the-donor-intends-as-zakat\/","title":{"rendered":"Can A Masjid Keep A Donation The Donor Intends As Zak\u0101t?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fatwa ID: 08552<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Answered by Maulana Sakib Shadman<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Someone has given the masjid \u00a35k in Zakat. We don’t accept this as a zakat project, but if the third party takes the opinion it is zakat-able, what do we\u00a0 do? Give the money back, which we are ready to do, or accept it, if that is his opinion?<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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As you are aware, Zakat wealth cannot be used to fund\/build a Masjid. The person who donated the \u00a35000 should be informed that his money will not be used for the purposes of Zakat. Instead it will be regarded as optional Sadaqah (charity). If he agrees, you may keep the money and use it for the purposes of funding\/upkeeping your Masjid. If he disagrees then you must give it back.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hence, you cannot keep the money even if he believes that Zakat money can be donated to a Masjid. His opinion has no basis according to any Madhab. There is no leeway for any Ijtihaad (juristic discretion) in such an issue of scholarly consensus. Thus you must return the money if he insists that he wants his donation to count as Zakat as opposed to optional charity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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[Surah At-Tawbah: 60]<\/span><\/p>\n

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Only Allah (\u0639\u0632 \u0648 \u062c\u0644) knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n

Written by Maulana Sakib Shadman<\/span><\/p>\n

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n

Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n

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