Is it permissible to disburse Zakat funds as donations to service or shelter centers, whether for the sponsorship of beneficiaries or for providing them with facilities and services?
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It is permissible to disburse to centers that collect and distribute it to the eligible recipients, because they fall under the Almighty's saying: "and those employed to collect [Zakat] upon it." These centers must be informed that it is obligatory Zakat and not a donation, so they may take from it what they need, and disburse the remainder to the Zakat recipients mentioned in the verse.
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