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Using a heelah with zakaat money

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Q: Many madrasahs use a heelah and convert zakaat into money which is used in building construction, normally not allowed in the case of zakaat money. We give money and make a representative of the madrasah as our wakeel. If they do heelah (which I do not know how they do) what about our zakaat. Will it be considered from our side as paid or not?

Bismillaah

A: Although we do not encourage this, but if a heelah was done correctly then your zakaat is discharged.

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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