Is it permissible to pay the zakat on trade goods by purchasing religious tapes and offering them for the sake of Allah?
The scholars differed on the permissibility of substituting an equivalent for an obligatory item in , with several opinions: absolute permissibility, permissibility only if the substitute is in the form of cash, or permissibility only for livestock zakat with averseness.
What appears to be the case is that paying cash instead of specific assets or vice versa in zakat is permissible, provided that this is more beneficial for the poor person, because the purpose of zakat is to meet their needs. Therefore, purchasing religious tapes with zakat funds and distributing them to the deserving is not sufficient, as the poor person does not need such items, and they are not more beneficial to him than food and clothing.
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