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Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Mal (obligatory charity on wealth) to the blood purification center located in Morocco, for which donations are being collected in Belgium?

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Zakat may only be disbursed to the eight categories mentioned in the verse from Surat At-Tawbah: "Indeed, [prescribed] charitable donations are only to be given to the poor and the needy, and to those who work on [collecting] them, and to those whose hearts are to be reconciled, and to [free] those in bondage, and to the debt-ridden, and for the cause of Allah, and to the wayfarer." Consequently, disbursing Zakat to a patient treatment center or similar charitable projects is not permissible according to the majority of jurists.

Summarized from the full answer at Ftawy · reviewed Sep 2, 2026

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