Question:
Salamalaikkum Ya Shuyukh
I have 2 practical questions on Zakath.
1. Please advise us on the Zakath category of fi sabeelallah. Can you give us some practical examples on this category very specifically as who is in the path of Allah?
2. Dr. Zakir Naik says there are Fatwas that you can support a non-profitable organization as his own PEACE TV organization in order to give Zakath. Please advise us how acceptable this is?
Answer:
`Alaykum as-Salam,
Regarding the first question please see our detailed previous answer at “Spending Zakat on Mosques”
Regarding the second issue, to the best of our knowledge, the person you mentioned and his organization do NOT qualify to be recipients of zakat.
And Allah knows best.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
