Spending the Zakah on building a Masjid


A: It is not permissible to pay Zakah on such things as you mentioned, as they do not fall within the eight categories of Zakah recipients mentioned in the Ever-Glorious Qur'an.May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.

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Paying Zakah to cooperative offices for Da`wah and guidance

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Paying Zakah to the government employees appointed for collecting Zakah

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Spending some of the money of Zakah on the employees of the Institution in the form of salaries or bonuses

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Giving one's stepmother out of the Zakah

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A sister who would borrow of the money of Sadaqah and Zakah

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My mother is a widow, is it permissible to give her of Zakah?

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Giving Zakah to kinsmen and kinswomen

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Informing the person deserving Zakah that the money given to him is out of Zakah

Rightful beneficiaries of Zakah