Giving zakat to madrasas of the Barelvi school of thought

Question

In Bombay a practice is spreading: the Barelvis consider giving their zakat money to a Deobandi madrasa impermissible and haram, and they do not give zakat money to our fundraisers. So should we give zakat money to their fundraisers, and will the zakat be discharged, or should we too not give money to the people of their madrasa?

Answer

Zakat should be given to a God-fearing, religious person, as is stated in the books of fiqh. Whoever opposes a jama‘at or madrasa of the truth and the people of the truth, declares them disbelievers (takfir) and is engaged in efforts to that end, should not be given zakat: giving zakat to him is helping opposition to the truth: [ar]تَعَاوَنُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلْبِرِّ وَٱلتَّقْوَىٰ ۖ…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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