Q:
What is the ruling on paying Zakaah (obligatory charity) money for helping to
build a Masjid (mosque) whose construction was halted due to lack of financial
resources?
Answered
by Sheikh ibn Baaz رحمه الله
:
According to the opinion of the majority of Muslim
scholars and the Ijma` (consensus) of our Salaf (righteous predecessors), Zakaah is NOT to be paid for constructing Masjids, buying
books, etc.
Rather, Zakaah must be spent on the eight categories which
are mentioned in the Ayah (Qur’aanic verse) of Surah Al-Tawbah, i.e. the poor,
the needy, those employed to collect (the funds), to attract the hearts of
those who have been inclined (towards Islâm), to free captives, for those in
debt, in the cause of Allaah, and for the wayfarer (a traveler who is cut off
from everything).
It is worth
mentioning that scholars are of the view that the category of “in the cause of Allaah” refers only to Jihad
(fighting/striving in the cause of Allaah) and this does not
include constructing Masjids, schools, roads, etc.
May Allaah grant
us success.
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