Spending the proceeds of sacrificial hides in madrasas

Question

Question: (1) The proceeds of the hides of sacrificial animals that are deposited with madrasas — is it permissible to put them to the madrasa’s use by means of a hila (legal stratagem), or without a hila? (2) Is putting the proceeds of sacrificial hides to the madrasa’s use limited to a term or not? If it is limited to a term, then for how long?

Answer

(1) To give the students cash, food, clothing, shoes, books and the like from it by way of transfer of ownership (tamlik) is valid even without a hila, provided that they are deserving (mustahiqq), i.e. that they do not own the nisab and are not sayyids (descendants of the Prophet ﷺ).

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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