Fatwas Archive

Question: If a man is an agent over zakat or expiation (kaffārah), may he borrow from it for a term and then replace it? What is due upon him if he does so?

Question: A man was given a large amount of zakat that needed to be loaded and transported in a large vehicle, and he was appointed to distribute it to those entitled to it. He is a wealthy man. He hired...

Question: If someone comes to me asking for the zakāt of my wealth, and I do not consider him fit to administer it, yet he is powerful and will take it whether we will or not—if I give him a...

Question: Is it permissible to spend zakat on a mosque or the like among public interests, or not?

Question: Some merchants take out the cash of their zakat and purchase with it sacks of grain or flour, then distribute them to the poor, saying: “If we give our zakat in cash, the poor would waste it on what...

Question: A man wishes to give a charity and wants to place it in the best places in the sight of Allah the Exalted. What are the best places for it with Allah?

Question: A man’s father died; he is the youngest of his brothers and is engaged in seeking knowledge, yet his brothers give him nothing to help him in seeking knowledge. He possesses nothing. He gave away what he owned to...

Question: Is it permissible to disburse zakat, or expiation (kaffārah), or fiṭrah to one who is suspected of secretly disobeying Allah, or to one whom we do not see maintaining the prayers in the mosque, or the like?

Question: A poor man does not pray; he has young, frail children and a wife. Is it permissible to disburse zakat to this man?

Question: A man owns three small plots whose yield does not suffice him until the next harvest. Is it permissible for him to take zakat—even though, were he to sell these plots, their value would exceed a nisab—or not?