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Question

There is a religious Arabic madrasa in which the Qur’an, hadith, tafsir and fiqh are taught according to the Dars-i Nizami (the traditional madrasa curriculum of South Asia); students of both kinds study there, those of means and those without. Poor students are given food, a cash stipend, clothing and the like. There is also some waqf property attached to the madrasa.

Answer

This issue belongs to the Book of Hire (kitab al-ijara). The definition of hire (ijara) is: [ar]هي تمليك نفع مقصود من العين بعوض[/ar] “It is the transfer of ownership of a benefit intended from a thing, in exchange for a consideration” (al-Durr al-Mukhtar, vol. 5, p. 2).

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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