ANSWER:

This is not permissible and the zakat is not valid.

This would be considered as voluntary charity and you must pay that much amount again to complete your zakat money.

Zakat should be given in cash to poor & needy Muslims in their hands for them to do whatever they want with it.

QUESTION: I gave zakat to a friend in Bangladesh to distribute. He stated he used some of it to build a hand pump for people in a village who have to work miles for water. Is this allowed? I did not ask for this or have my name on pump

Zakat | July 16, 2026 7:45 am
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QUESTION: ‎Last year, I got to know that Fitrana shouldn’t be given as money. My family gives it on my behalf every year as money. However, it is such a small amount that I can surely give it out of my pocket money or the eid money I get as advance. This year, it was the same. Should I make it up for every year since becoming an adult or only the last year and this one?