Is the Madrasa Rector the Agent of the Students or of the Donor

Question

Question: Is the rector of a madrasa the agent (wakil) of the poor or of the owners of wealth? What is the definition of the agent of the owners of wealth and of the agent of the poor, and what are its limits? How does one become the agent of each of them, and what is the distinguishing difference between the two?

Answer

The owners of wealth have explicitly appointed the rector of the madrasa as their agent, to spend their wealth on the heads of expenditure at his discretion. He is also the agent of the poor, in this way: when the students accepted his management, it is as if they said, “Collect zakat and the like from the owners of wealth on our behalf and spend it on our needs (food,…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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