Question
Is it permissible to give Zakat to associations that preserve the Holy Quran? And is it permissible for Zakat to be included in the salaries of recitation teachers?
Answer
I say, and with God's success: It is not permissible to pay zakat except to the poor; it is not permissible for construction or for teachers' wages. The association can take the zakat and use it as fees for courses given to students. This is clarified in the receipt, by taking five dinars from the student and writing on the receipt that the remaining amount will be paid for the student, and it will be taken from a fund where zakat is collected. In this case, the association will own it as fees for the students, and it can then pay the wages for construction, for the teachers, for furniture, and so on. And God knows best.