Zakat and the price of sacrificial hides for an elementary religious school

Question

In our locality there is an Islamic elementary school up to the fourth grade, in which two teachers work. The Meerut District Board has fixed a grant of fifteen rupees monthly for it. The number of pupils is 172. This school is counted among the special elementary schools of the district. The condition of the Muslims here is extremely weak; they are unable to support the school financially.

Answer

It is not permissible to spend zakat and sacrificial hides on construction, on salaries, or on buying books and copies of the Qur’an for waqf. However, it is valid to spend them on the stipends of entitled (mustahiqq) pupils, such that clothes and the like are made for those pupils. If the mutawalli (trustee)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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