Collecting donations in the name of a madrasa and not giving them to the madrasa

Question

A teacher who has been removed from a madrasa goes about collecting donations in the name of that madrasa. On the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, at the Eidgah (open ground for the Eid prayer) of Karnal, he announced that Madrasa ‘Arabiyya Muhammadiyya had been washed away by the river — help it. So those people gave this teacher a good deal of money in the name of the madrasa, and he consumed that money.

Answer

This act is a sin according to the Shari‘a. It is a lie, it is deception. If he has not spent the zakat and fitra on the proper recipient (masraf), then liability (daman) is wajib upon this teacher. If this lie of his is made known to people — that this teacher collected donations in the name of Madrasa Muhammadiyya and did not give them to Madrasa Muhammadiyya — then this is…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

Preview. The full text opens with JavaScript enabled.