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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الزكاةBook of Zakat
بَابُ الْعَامِلِينَ عَلَيْهَاChapter on those employed to collect it
Hadith 3462
اُردوEn
(وَعَنْهُ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ) بِنَحْوِهِ وَفِيهِ: ((فَهُوَ غَالٌّ أَوْ سَارِقٌ))
(Second chain) A similar hadith is narrated, except that in it is: ... that he will be a betrayer or a thief.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … It is understood that an employee and a person in charge may benefit from the facilities to which they are entitled by an institution, but in this regard, they should not exceed what they have been given the right to, otherwise there will be an admixture of the unlawful (haram). In this context, it is necessary to keep in mind that in our country, Pakistan, the environment is such that if government or non-government institutions provide their employees with motorcycles, cars, houses, other facilities, and hefty salaries, such an employee is looked upon with great respect and his excellence is highly praised. However, if the administration of a mosque or madrasa gives someone associated with these Islamic institutions the opportunity to benefit from such facilities, then from all sides one hears the cry that now the religious scholars (maulvis) have gone astray, they have started committing breaches of trust, and are misusing people's money.
At this moment, a similar example is revolving in my mind: there was a very reasonable and Islamically-minded person, but he was severely criticizing an imam of a mosque on the grounds that water from the mosque was being used in his house, even though the mosque was near a bus station. I asked this person: if the people from the bus station use the mosque's latrine, bathroom, water cooler, geyser, electricity, and even the prayer mats for sleeping, what is your opinion about that, especially since some of them do not even pray? He immediately replied that it is permissible for them because the administration has given permission.
I request the general public to put on the glasses of justice and abandon the habit of objecting for the sake of objection. The legal (shar‘i) ruling is that the administration of a mosque or madrasa has the right to grant various facilities to the preacher (khatib), imam, director (mudir), teacher (ustadh), servant (khadim), and other individuals associated with these institutions, and they should do so, so that these people too, remaining safe from feelings of inferiority, can fulfill the demands of society.
At this moment, a similar example is revolving in my mind: there was a very reasonable and Islamically-minded person, but he was severely criticizing an imam of a mosque on the grounds that water from the mosque was being used in his house, even though the mosque was near a bus station. I asked this person: if the people from the bus station use the mosque's latrine, bathroom, water cooler, geyser, electricity, and even the prayer mats for sleeping, what is your opinion about that, especially since some of them do not even pray? He immediately replied that it is permissible for them because the administration has given permission.
I request the general public to put on the glasses of justice and abandon the habit of objecting for the sake of objection. The legal (shar‘i) ruling is that the administration of a mosque or madrasa has the right to grant various facilities to the preacher (khatib), imam, director (mudir), teacher (ustadh), servant (khadim), and other individuals associated with these institutions, and they should do so, so that these people too, remaining safe from feelings of inferiority, can fulfill the demands of society.
