Can we use zakat money to buy copies of the Holy Qur’an and give them to poor students in need?

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(فَلَوْ أَطْعَمَ يَتِيمًا نَاوِيًا الزَّكَاةَ لَا يَجْزِيهِ إلَّا إذَا دَفَعَ إلَيْهِ الْمَطْعُومَ)
لِأَنَّهُ بِالدَّفْعِ إلَيْهِ بِنِيَّةِ الزَّكَاةِ يَمْلِكُهُ فَيَصِيرُ آكِلًا مِنْ مِلْكِهِ
[Radd al-Muhtār: 2:257: Dār al-Fikr]

زکوۃ کی رقم سے طلبہ کو کتا میں تقسیم کرنا جائز ہے، بشرطیکہ باشعور ومستحق زکوۃ ہو
[Kitāb al-Masā’il: 2:262: Naīmiyah Deoband]

غریب طلبہ کو قرآن کریم کا مالک بنادیا جائے تو درست ہے زکوۃ ادا ہو جائے گی
[Fatāwā Dārul Uloom Zakariyya: 9:450]

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