Alms Tax: Buying Educational and Religious Books for a Son with Zakat

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Ayatullah Sistani

Ruling 1964

A father cannot buy educational and religious books that are required by his son from the ‘in the way of Allah’ portion of zakat and make them available to him unless the general public interest necessitates it, and, based on obligatory precaution, he gets authorisation from a fully qualified jurist.

-Ayatullah Sistani, Practical Laws of Islam, Alms Tax (Zakat)