Fatwas Archive

Question: A man owns two plots measuring forty ḥablahs. Years may pass in which he is unable to plant them—due to scant rainfall or the like. He has nothing in hand and has a family. If he were to sell...

Question: A poor man wishes to marry. He has taken from zakat less than a nisab, then refrained from taking more. In this case, is it permissible for him to take more than a nisab—enough to cover the costs of...

Question: There is a well from which all the people of a village benefit—for their drinking, purification, and watering their animals only—and they were unable, collectively, to cover the cost of a pump. Is it permissible to spend zakat on...

Question: A man had been giving a woman from the zakat of his wealth for a long time. Then a rift occurred between her and her husband, at which point it became clear to this man that the woman is...

Question: A poor student of knowledge owns books; given that, is it permissible for him to take zakat or not?

Question: Is it permissible to purchase books of knowledge with zakat money and distribute these books to students—among whom are the children of the wealthy and among whom are Hāshimites?

Question: May a man spend from his zakat on a foundling (laqīṭ) who is under his care?

Question: Begging has greatly increased in our time, and it is possible that many of those people have taken begging as a profession, and that he takes zakat and begs for it while being well-off. Is it permissible to give...

Question: How much is a poor person to be given from zakat?

Question: A poor person may appoint as his agent a man to whom zakat is not lawful and authorize him regarding what he takes of zakat; this man then takes a great deal of zakat as an agent and appropriates...