Spending some of the Zakah on the construction or building of the projects of the charitable society

(Part No. 8; Page No. 409)  Fatwa no. ( 15353 ) All praise be to Allah Alone, and peace and blessings be upon the Last of the Prophets. To proceed:The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta' has reviewed the question submitted to His Eminence, the Grand Mufty, by His Excellency the Supervisor of the Public Relations at the Charitable Society for Care of the Disabled Children, which was referred to the Committee by the Secretariat General of the Council under no. (numberless), dated 04/07/1313 A.H. The questioner posed the following question:The Administration of the Charitable Saudi Society for Care of Disabled Children is seeking the ways of good which support - by Allah's Might- its activities according to the true Shari`ah. Because we are certain that you sympathize with the humanitarian role played by this Society, we refer to you from time to time to consult you and be enlightened with your opinion on some issues which we are concerned with. As you know (may Allah safeguard you), the Society has found that one of the solutions that it can adopt to pay for the enormous rehabilitative, educational, and treatment services required for the children who need these things is to expand its existing projects, and build new ones for this humanitarian purpose. There is no doubt that these projects are very costly, but Allah will be with us - by Allah's Might- because our orientation has nothing to do with gaining profit or worldly purposes, (Part No. 8; Page No. 410) but, rather, it is a close daily realization of the pressing humanitarian needs (of those children). Affording these projects will be through communicating with the philanthropists in our advancing country who always provide every kind of support for each needy person. We here pose Your Eminence a question related to this subject: Is it permissible for the Society to make use of all or part of the money of Zakah (obligatory charity) received by the Society to contribute to covering the expenses of establishing these charitable projects?We hope that you will kindly answer this question which has been raised by the Financial Committee in its recent meeting. We would also like to know the opinion of Your Eminence about the following:A person who wishes to do good has decided to give the Society a plot of land as Zakah on his real estates and properties after he has estimated the value of the plot and become certain that it covers all or part of the Zakah amount payable by him. Is it permissible for him to do this? We are looking forward to receiving the answer of Your Eminence, may Allah safeguard you!