Thursday, December 3, 2009

Consideration of a deduction made by the govt as a Zakat

Question
Dear Mufti sb
A friend asked that there is a deduction made by the govt. from the salaries of employees to donate for Displace peoples. Can this deduction be given out with an intension of Zakat?
Regards/Salaam
Answer
No, SInce it can be used without Tamleek .
sub-question
What if Government (Sarkar) hold back isn't that a form of bait-ul-Maal? For Bait-ul-Maal do we have a condition of Tamleek in case of Government hold back.
Answer
govrenment divides Baitulmal in two parts:
zakat w Ushar
Khiraj
first one needs Tamleek and 2nd one doesnt need.
Since government has mentioned that this deduction can be used for refugees in any form, it can not be treated like normal zakat deduction.

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