May A Company Consider The Aids It Distributes To Its Employees As Zakat?
May a company consider the aids it distributes to its employees as zakat?
The aids and donations by a company must fulfill the following conditions in order to substitute for zakat:
- a) Be given with the intention of zakat,
- b) Supported persons must be eligible to receive zakat,
- c) If it is a stock company, shareholders must appoint the managers as proxy for giving their zakat,
d) Support to be made must not be within the scope of another payment agreed on the contract such as promotion etc.
Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, High Board of Religious Affairs FATWA
