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Discharging Zakaat With The Wrong Intention

· 10 Rajab 1433 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

1) When I gave my zakaat, I gave it with the intention of zakaat and of a worldly benefit e.g. increase in wealth. If my intention was not to please Allah or to attain anything in the hereafter, will it be valid?2) If I had a wrong intention for my charity, zakaat, etc., now if I change my intention will I be rewarded for my past actions?

Answer

1) Yes.

2) The fact that you had made intention for zakaat qualifies you for a reward.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

( هي ) ... ( تمليك ) ... ( جزء مال ) ... ( لله تعالى ) بيان لاشتراط النية

وفي رد المحتار : قوله ( لله تعالى ) متعلق بتمليك أي لأجل امتثال أمره تعالى, قوله ( بيان لاشتراط النية ) فإنها شرط بالإجماع في مقاصد العبادات كلها بحر (رد المحتار 2/256-258)

( وشرط صحة أدائها نية مقارنة له ) أي للأداء ( ولو ) كانت المقارنة ( حكما ) كما لو دفع بلا نية ثم نوى والمال قائم في يد الفقير الخ (الدر المختار 2/268)

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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