Is it permissible to allocate Zakat funds to hospital departments that treat the indigent free of charge, or to bank accounts that finance the construction of hospitals for treating childhood cancer?
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The disbursement of for building hospitals has been previously discussed in fatwas: 8220, 40653, and 37079. Similarly, the ruling on depositing Zakat funds in banks, like other funds, has been clarified in fatwas: 34594 and 42180.
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