Zakat for a girls’ madrasa

Question

A madrasa for girls has been established in which religious education is given, but its financial condition is weak. Therefore the following matters need to be clarified: (a) May the sum of zakat be given to this madrasa, and if it may, to whom should the giver intend to give it? For it has become known that tamlik (transfer of ownership) is a condition in zakat; so may zakat be given with the intention of poor and minor girls? (b)

Answer

If, to meet the expenses of this religious madrasa, there is neither income from a waqf, nor a collection of donations, nor are fees collected, then, as a matter of necessity, it is permissible to spend the funds whose transfer of ownership is obligatory in this way: they are given in ownership to girls who are eligible for zakat, and after becoming their owners and taking…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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