Is zakat discharged by giving it to the rector of a madrasa?

Question

I submit that this humble one is faced with a certain issue, and since Zayd (a scholar) has given references to several books in it, this humble one requests of you, for the sake of verification: are the texts that Zayd has written ones on which fatwa is given and which are acted upon, or not? In the second case, kindly state the reason for their being set aside. First I shall state the issue I am faced with, and after that I shall record the texts presented by Zayd.

Answer

Answer (1) The rector of a madrasa is an agent (wakil) on behalf of the students (the poor), to receive zakat from the owners of wealth and spend it on the students. In this case it is without doubt proper for the rector to mix the zakat of different owners of wealth. Immediately adjoining the text of al-Durr al-Mukhtar quoted in the question, an istifta (?)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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