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Kuwait Awqaf Ministry allows zakat to Syrians even before its due time   

Kuwait News Agency - 10 June, 2012

Kuwait Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs issued Saturday a fatwa (religious decree) allowing zakat (alms), even before its due time, to helping Syrian refugees.

The Ministry's Iftaa' and Relgious Research sector issued the fatwa when asked about possibility of giving zakat before its due release.

The majority of renowned Muslim scholars allow people to give zakat before its due time once it reaches the eligible amount, the International Islamic Charitable Organization (IICO) quoted a statement by the sector as saying.

The IICO asked for the sector's religious opinion regarding the violence in Syria which killed and injured many people, abd displaced hundreds of thousands to neighboring countries.

IICO president Dr. Abdullah Al-Maatouq, in a statement, said the government of Kuwait assigned the IICO to be the umbrella for the coordination of the collection of donations for the Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey - Syria's neighboring countries.

He said the IICO has sent many relief campaigns to Syria's neighboring countries which offered food, and education, health and psychological services for Syrian refugees.
 
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