Is it Permissible to Give Charity to Masājid? | Shaykh ʿAbdul ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Bāz

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Is it Permissible to Give Charity to Masājid? | Shaykh ʿAbdul-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Bāz The Questioner: A listener who calls himself Ṣāliḥ al-Mabrūk sent a message wherein he has posed a number of questions. From among these questions is one that says: ‘Is it permissible to give charity to Masājid?’ Shaykh ʿAbdul-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Bāz: “Yes. Giving charity to the Masājid is something which is good and from the best of the things which are done to draw closer to Allāh if the charity was voluntary and not zakāh. So if someone were to build Masājid or renovate them or repair them wherever there might be a need or furnish them; this is a righteous action that brings a person closer to Allāh the Mighty and Majestic. However, this is not the case with zakāh. As for the zakāh, then this can only be for the eight categories explicitly mentioned in the statement of Allāh the Glorified: ‘Certainly, charity (zakāh) is meant only for the poor, the needy, those who administer them, those whose hearts may incline towards Islām, for freeing slaves and to help those in debt, and for Allāh’s sake and for travellers in need.’ [Sūrah al-Tawbah 9:60] And for Allāh's sake is a reference to those who fight jihad. Yes.” Translated By: Abul-Layth Qāsim Mutiva