Question
Assalamualaylkum.
Mufti sab, is it permissible to give zakat to madresas/darul ulooms. In ramadhan representatives of specific darul ulooms from india come here and collect zakat. Is it permissible to discharge zakat through them, once we have ascertained that the representative is a genuine person?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Brother in Islam,
Kindly refer to the following link:
http://daruliftaazambia.com/fatwa/?id=2
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Checked and Approved by
Mufti Nabeel Valli.
Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah
Lusaka, Zambia