Is the 5% of the monthly salary deducted and allocated to the poor and needy considered part of Zakat al-Mal or Sadaqah?
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It is not permissible to count what is deducted from the salary as , because if it were counted as such, one would have protected his wealth with it, and zakat is not for protecting wealth. Furthermore, zakat is given to those who are eligible for it, as mentioned in the categories of zakat recipients, and training projects or purchasing medicines are not among these categories.
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