Fatwas Archive

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: Two men: one of them has an inheritance belonging to the other and refuses to hand it over; the other has a small amount of cultivated land.This latter man wishes to hand over what he has from the farmland...

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: Is there any obligatory right in wealth besides zakat, or not?

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...