What alternative methods exist for compensating the Zakat collector from the public treasury?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Deposits

Book 34 · Issue 5 · Bab 1

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Primary text

It is permissible for the Imam to choose to provide the collector with wages from the public treasury or to assign him a regular stipend (rizq) from the public treasury without giving him any portion of the Zakat funds themselves.