May a death benevolent association use bank interest money for administrative expenses and funeral management facilities?

Summary

The Penang State Fatwa Committee ruled that using bank interest money is haram for several purposes of a death benevolent association. These include postage, stamps and correspondence costs, and buying paper, printed materials and stationery for meetings. They also include building a movable talkin recitation shelter at the graveyard. The ruling further covers constructing a building or store for keeping tricycles, corpse stretchers, the corpse washing place and other burial necessities.

Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.