Özet:

Zakat investment means investing and increasing the goods, which are collected as zakat, in various production areas on behalf of recipients. The idea of zakat investment is suggested with the aim of using the zakat goods more efficiently and making a permanent contribution to the poor, thus making the poor self-sufficient and even improving their economic condition to the level that they became zakat payers. Zakat investment is more discussed in the context of investment made by the corporations which collect zakat before they transfer the goods to the recipients. According to the preferred argument, it is not permissible to invest zakat because zakat corporations do not have the authority to invest the zakat goods which they collect, and zakat is an obligation that should be performed immediately. On the other hand, it is possible for the zakat corporation to invest zakat goods within a certain project providing that the titles of the goods are transferred to the recipients. However, the supervision of such an activity by public authorities is crucial in order to get sustainable and reliable results from such investments.

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