FatwaPenangZakat
MEMOHON PENGESAHAN MENGENAI BANTUAN PERALATAN PERUBATAN, ZAKAT PULAU PINANG DISALURKAN KEPADA GOLONGAN B40 DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN PERUNTUKAN ASNAF MISKIN
May Zakat Pulau Pinang give medical equipment assistance to the B40 group using the allocation for the poor (miskin) category?
Short answer
The Penang State Fatwa Committee decided that Zakat Pulau Pinang may relax the poverty sufficiency threshold (had kifayah) for medical equipment assistance to B40 recipients earning below RM4,000.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Penang State Mufti Department
- Date
- Status
- Fatwa committee decision
- Series
- Keputusan Fatwa Negeri Pulau Pinang (e-Fatwa)
- Topic
- Zakat
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
The Penang State Fatwa Committee decided that Zakat Pulau Pinang may relax the poverty sufficiency threshold (had kifayah) for medical equipment assistance to B40 recipients earning below RM4,000. Recipients who are not among the poor and needy may also be placed under the gharimin category. The choice between the two methods of giving zakat is left to the discretion of Zakat Pulau Pinang management.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Zakat Pulau Pinang harus melonggarkan had kifayah miskin bagi bantuan peralatan perubatan kepada golongan B40 dengan berpendapatan di bawah RM4,000.00.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Penang State Mufti Department. “MEMOHON PENGESAHAN MENGENAI BANTUAN PERALATAN PERUBATAN, ZAKAT PULAU PINANG DISALURKAN KEPADA GOLONGAN B40 DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN PERUNTUKAN ASNAF MISKIN”, 13 October 2021. http://efatwa.penang.gov.my/fatwa_details.php?fatwaid=1463. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/zakat-medical-equipment-assistance-b40-group/