Reference: https://twitter.com/alqaryooti/status/1135139487007334401
وقال
" زكاة الدراهم لابد أن تكون دراهم ، ولا تخرج من أعيان أخرى إلا إذا وكلك الفقير فقال : إن جاءك لي دراهم فاشتر لي بها كذا وكذا ، فلا بأس … ". انتهى .
"مجموع فتاوى ورسائل ابن عثيمين" (18/303). https://t.co/HAaG4NZTFm— أ.د. عاصم القريوتي Prof Dr Alqaryooti (@alqaryooti) June 2, 2019
al-Liqaa ash-Shahree – v12, p41
Question: Is it permissible to convert the money [extracted] for the Zakaah to tangible food items and other than that, and then distribute [that instead] to the poor and needy?
Response: [That is] not permissible. It is imperative that it (Zakaah) be distributed as money…
Reference: Majmoo’ Fataawa wa Rasaa.il Ibn ‘Uthaymeen – v18, p303
Response: It is imperative the Zakaah of money be in money, and it is not to be extracted in any other form, unless the poor and needy [recipient] entrusted you by saying “if you receive any Zakaah [on my behalf], then buy such-and-such with it for me…” – then there is no harm [in doing so]…
