Is it permissible to spend zakat on purchasing books for dawah to non-Muslims, or on supporting an Islamic dawah website, or a Quran memorization center, or on building a charitable endowment (waqf), or on treating a sick person who cannot afford their medical expenses, or on a poor person who has enough for their daily sustenance but lacks other necessities like education and clothing, or on those in need in Palestine and Afghanistan?
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Building an endowment (waqf) with funds is considered an investment of those funds. Zakat funds cannot be spent on a da'wah (Islamic propagation) website, except according to a weak opinion that considers da'wah to be included in Allah's saying: "and in the way of Allah."
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