{"_id":"670710f6b825924c683fcd7c","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Can zakat be used to repay a masjid’s construction debt?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Who is eligible to receive zakat al-mal? Can zakat funds be given to a masjid to help repay an existing loan taken for its construction?\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\"},\"insert\":\"Zakat al-mal is paid to the eight categories mentioned in \"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\",\"link\":\"https://quran.com/9/60\"},\"insert\":\"9:60\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\"},\"insert\":\". However, in our time, there are really only four of those categories present: poor, needy, those in debt, the traveler, and maybe we can also include those whose hearts are to be won over but it might be far fetched. We need an entire class to go through these and this knowledge that is fardh ayn, meaning every Muslim who pays zakat needs to learn it. \"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\"},\"insert\":\"Regarding the second part of the question, the masjid can receive zakat money under the category of al-gharimeen, those who are in debt. But it has to be an existing debt, not for future projects or masjid maintenance, and the zakat you give the masjid has to be used to pay back the debt, not for anything else.\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9ff50b76658b4c232a40","tag":"Zakat: Al-Mal","count":62},{"_id":"668d9fe10b76658b4c2327d3","tag":"Worship: Masjids, Mosques, and Musallahs","count":58},{"_id":"68a506ae5b38fe2a78d808c3","tag":"Finance: Debt & Loans","count":20},{"_id":"668da0130b76658b4c232d6d","tag":"Contemporary Life: Debt","count":19}],"createdOn":"2024-10-09T23:25:42.727Z"}