Is it permissible to collect zakat funds and keep them for several years in order to build an endowment for housing the poor and needy?
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This act is not permissible. may not be delayed and must be paid immediately unless there is a valid excuse. Furthermore, the deserving recipient must take possession of it, so it is not permissible to make zakat funds an endowment (waqf).
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