[Ruling on Giving the Poor the Monetary Value of Zakat]
Question: Is it permissible to give a poor person the monetary value of the zakat for cucumbers, qāt, pomegranates, tomatoes, and the like?
[Mixing Obligatory Zakāh with Voluntary Charity]
Question: A man had an obligatory zakāh amount mixed with a voluntary charity, and he is the agent responsible for distributing all of it. The obligatory portion is no longer distinguishable from the voluntary. What should he do?
[The Ruling on Zakāh When It Is Taken by Force]
Question: Some tribal shaykhs may possess power and authority, and they take the zakāh of people’s wealth by force and threats. It appears that they do not place it in its proper channels; rather, we strongly suspect they consume it....