If a Waqf is designated for two or more specific categories, is it permissible to allocate the entire amount to only one of those specified categories?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Endowments (Awqaf) and Donations

Book 27 · Issue 3 · Bab 1

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There are two differing scholarly opinions on whether it is permissible to restrict the distribution solely to one category when the Waqf is designated for multiple specified categories, or whether a portion must be given to each eligible category. This divergence is contingent upon the established rules governing the distribution of Zakat among its prescribed recipients.