Can Zakat Be Given to Non-Muslim Poverty Relief Organizations? – Shaykh Irshaad Sedick

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick

Can Zakat Be Given to Non-Muslim Poverty Relief Organizations?

Zakat must be given to eligible Muslim recipients as specified in the Quran. Shaykh Irshaad Sedick clarifies whether donating to non-Muslim poverty relief organizations fulfills the zakat obligation.

Shaykh Irshaad Sedick was raised in South Africa in a traditional Muslim family. He graduated from Dar al-Ulum al-Arabiyyah al-Islamiyyah in Strand, Western Cape, under the guidance of the late world-renowned scholar Shaykh Taha Karaan (Allah have mercy on him), where he taught.

Shaykh Irshaad has fifteen years of teaching experience at some of the leading Islamic institutes in Cape Town). He is currently building an Islamic podcast, education, and media platform called ‘Isnad Academy’ and has completed his Master’s degree in the study of Islam at the University of Johannesburg. He has a keen interest in healthy Prophetic living and fitness.