Response: It is permissible to give Zakaah to the student who is devoted to seeking Sharee’ah knowledge, even if he has the ability to earn a living, because seeking Sharee’ah knowledge is a type of jihad in Allah’s cause, and Allaah has made jihad in the way of Allaah one of the categories deserving of zakaah. He said: “Zakah expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed to collect [zakah] and for bringing hearts together [for Islam] and for freeing captives [or slaves] and for those in debt and for the cause of Allah and for the [stranded] traveler - an obligation [imposed] by Allah. And Allah is Knowing and Wise.”[1]
However, if the student is devoted to seeking
worldly knowledge, he should not be given zakaah. And we should say to him: now
you are striving for worldly gain, and it is possible for you to acquire
worldly gains through employment, so we will not give you zakaah.
Source: Fataawaa Arkaan al-Islaam, p. 293 by
Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him)
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