Grain set aside from the produce as zakat

Question

Out of forty maunds (a unit of weight, ≈ 37 kg), one maund of grain is given, considering it zakat. Is it permissible to give the money from this grain to a madrasa and for the teacher’s wage or not? Some scholars say that this is not zakat, it is voluntary charity, and this money may be spent on every good cause.

Answer

This is voluntary charity; it may be spent on every good cause.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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