Sunday 10 Aug/2025 – 11:11 am
Dar Al -Iftaa received a question from one of the followers of his text: What is the ruling on distributing a dessert of the generator to the poor from Zakat?
What is the ruling on distributing a mawlid dessert to the poor from zakat?
The Ifta said on its website: Distributing candy to the poor and needy in the Prophet’s birthday from the Zakat money is not permissible; Because the poor may need money and does not need sweets, zakat must pay money and give it to the poor and ownership of them, but it can be as a matter of charity, gift or donation, and God Almighty knows best.
Dar answered Ifta Egyptian on a question to her, his text was mentioned: What is the ruling on buying candy and guiding it in the Prophet’s birthday? Where some sayings that claim to be idols appeared, and that this is a heresy and forbidden, and it is not permissible for a Muslim to eat from it, nor to participate in their purchase, nor in their gifts, or in eating from it.
The house said on its official website: Show joy in the birth of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family, by buying sweets and guiding it is permissible in Sharia, but rather a desirable matter delegated to him; To attach him to the love of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family, and glorify him, and this is not one of the vilified heresy or idols in anything.
And she continued: The scholars have stipulated that it is desirable to show pleasure and joy in all its legitimate manifestations and methods on the fragrant anniversary of his honorable birth, may God bless him and his family and peace:
