Must the Zakat administrator be poor (Faqir)?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Deposits

Book 34 · Issue 7 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

Primary text

It is not required that the administrator be poor because Allah designated the administrator as a class distinct from the poor and the needy; therefore, the essence of being poor is not required of them, just as the essence of being needy is not required of them.