Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

some religious scholars said that zakat cannot be given to people who have T.V. /V.C.R/DVD in their homes

· 10 Jumada I 1427 AH1 min readFatwa 14302English

Question

some religious scholars said that zakat cannot be given to people who have T.V. /V.C.R/DVD in their homes because these make a person not eligible for zakat, now a days everybody has one or all of these things in their homes but not all of them are welloff and they are quite eligible for taking zakat , please give detail reply in this regard

Answer

1. A poor person claiming to accept Zakaat and has any un-Islamic item, for example, television, etc. in his possession should be analyzed in the following:

• If the poor persons need is lesser than the value of the television, Zakaat should not be given to him. He/she should be advised to sell the television and fulfill the need. However, if the need exceeds the value of the television, Zakaat may be given to him/her less the value of the television.

And Allah Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

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