Question
Can a welfare organization, e.g. a Zakaat-collecting body, whose funds are overwhelmingly Zakaat, convert the Zakaat into lillaah in order to pay for repairs and alterations to their premises?
Answer
It is gross khiyaanat (abuse of Amaanat / Trust), and haraam for the organization to resort to such a satanic stratagem. In so doing, the organization is guilty of abusing and stealing the Zakaat funds.
The Haqq of the Fuqara is stolen and trampled on. The Zakaat obligation is not discharged by perpetrating such a malpractice.
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- themajlis.co.za
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- The Majlis Vol 25 No 03
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- 4
Appears under ILYAS GHUMMAN (approximate).