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Using zakaat money to grow maize to feed orphan children

Answered as per Hanafi Fiqh by Muftionline.co.za

Q: Will zakaat be fulfilled when I give the zakat money for orphaned madrasah children to utilize to grow maize and other crops to feed them?

Bismillaah

A: It is not valid. The precondition for the validity of zakaat is that the recipient must be made the owner of the wealth.

And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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