Is zakat obligatory on money designated for a charitable project, knowing that it has reached the nisab and a full hawl has passed over it, and that there are fatwas stating that zakat is not obligatory on money designated for such projects?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
If you remove the amount from your possession and it becomes an endowment (waqf) for the project, then is not obligatory on it, even if a hawl (a lunar year) passes over it and it reaches the (minimum threshold), because it has become the property of the charitable project, and not personal property.
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