Zakat and the proceeds of sacrificial hides for an elementary religious school

Question

Question: In our place there is an Islamic elementary school up to the fourth grade, in which two teachers work. The road board of Meerut district has fixed a grant of fifteen rupees a month for it. The number of students is 72. This school is counted among the special elementary schools of the district. The condition of the Muslims here is very weak; they are unable to give the school financial help.

Answer

It is not permissible to spend zakat and sacrificial hides on construction, salaries, or on buying books and copies of the Qur’an for waqf; however, it is valid to spend them on stipends for deserving (mustahiqq) students — e.g. to have clothes and the like made for these students. If the trustee (mutawalli)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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