An Owner of the Nisab Taking Zakat Intending to Teach Some Boy in Return

Question

Zayd is an owner of the nisab, and now too, owing to some compulsion, he eats the madrasa’s food with the intention: “Later I will teach some boy for as many years as I myself have studied.” Is this permissible or not? Explain, and be rewarded.

Answer

One who is not entitled should not eat food from zakat and the like, despite the intention mentioned in the question.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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