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Don’t Abuse Zakat Collection, Sheikh Imran Eleha Tells Beneficiaries

The Chief Imam of Daaru Na’im Cen­tral Mosque, Sheikh Imran Abdulma­jeed Eleha has cautioned beneficiaries of zakat disbursement against abusing the gesture by turning themselves into permanent recipients of zakat pro­ceeds.

The Saudi Arabia-trained Nige­ria-born scholar said the purpose of zakat is to empower the less privileged who should utilise whatever they get judiciously.

Sheikh Eleha spoke at the 9th edi­tion of zakat and sadaqah disburse­ment of Jaiz Charity and Development Foundation, one of Nigeria’s leading faith-based poverty alleviation and em­powerment NGOs renowned for put­ting smiles on the faces of the needy.

The event which was held on Tues­day, May 14 at Beleke Smith Memorial Mosque, Surulere saw the disburse­ment of a total sum of N15 million to 165 beneficiaries grouped into four different categories.

In his lecture, Sheikh Imran Ele­ha explained that zakat is one of the empowerment and anti-poverty strat­egies established by the Shari’ah, thereby warning against abuse of the privilege by beneficiaries.

“The purpose of zakat is to empow­er the less privileged. Therefore, once you are selected as a beneficiary, you are to use the money or zakat item ju­diciously. It is not ideal for people to abuse the zakat collection by turning themselves into permanent recipients. The best thing is for zakat beneficia­ries to strive to reciprocate the gesture by paying back in the coming years.

“During the time of Umar Ibn Abdulazeez, one of the Caliphs of Is­lam, the Ummah disbursed zakat for two years, and people had become so empowered that in the following year (which was the third), nobody had cause to receive zakat.”

Sheikh Eleha noted the huge chal­lenge of poverty and hunger bedevil­ling Nigerian society is due to our low application of zakat as a strategy to empower the less privileged.

He said, “The Islamic community must have arrangements for empower­ing Muslims. The Shari’ah has estab­lished many ways, including sadaqah, zakat and others. It is because we do not follow these ways properly that we are still facing a huge challenge of hunger and poverty today.”

He commended the Jaiz Founda­tion and other Islamic organisations administrating the collection and dis­bursement of zakat in Nigeria, noting they are preserving the Shari’ah.

“We must commend the job that or­ganisations like Jaiz Foundation are doing to preserve the Shari’ah in the area of zakat and sadaqah administra­tion. May the Almighty Allah reward them abundantly for emancipating the less privileged ones in the society,” he said.

How the 15 million Zakat pro­ceeds was disbursed

Earlier, the Chief Executive Offi­cer of the Foundation, Dr Abdullahi Shuaib revealed that beneficiaries of this year’s zakat disbursement cut across different segments including education, health, economic empow­erment, and welfare, among others.

According to him, “At today’s event, no fewer than 165 indigent Nigerians will be presented with cheques and tools worth N15 million for economic empowerment, health, livelihood, ed­ucational intervention, among others.

“The sum of N6.4 million was earmarked for the economic empow­erment category comprising 32 bene­ficiaries. Similarly, while N4.5 million went for education support, N2.8 mil­lion was awarded for humanitarian support. 6 beneficiaries shared the sum of N1.7 million in the health cat­egory,” he added.



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