Fadila

[Joe @joebradford]

On "Giving Zakat for Political Campaigns"

Why theoretical permissibility is not the same as practical viability, and why the difference matters for your zakat.

Joe Bradford - Feb 06, 2026

A joint fatwa issued by the Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA) and the American Muslim Jurists Association (AMJA) on January 30, 2026 argues that zakat may be given for political campaigns under the category of mu’allafat al-qulub (those whose hearts are to be softened). A formal dissenting opinion has already been published from within the council itself, arguing from both methodological and governance standpoints that the fatwa transforms zakat from a bounded act of worship into a standing institutional funding mechanism. It is worth reading carefully.

I do not intend to relitigate the methodological arguments the dissent has already made. Nor do I intend to rehearse the detailed madhhab-level analysis that others have undertaken showing that the fatwa’s citations from the Hanbali, Maliki, and Shafi’i schools either understate or misrepresent what those sources actually require. That work has been done, and it speaks for itself.

What I want to address is different. It is the question that the person sitting at their kitchen table during Ramadan, calculator open, needs answered:

Can I actually do this with my zakat? And should I?

The answer to the first question is: it depends on whom you follow, and the conditions under which you are giving. The answer to the second is: almost certainly not, because the fatwa provides no workable framework for doing so, and the foreseeable consequences of trying are severe.

[read more at the link below...]

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اعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم

وَقَالُوا۟ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَلَدًۭا

لَّقَدْ جِئْتُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِدًّۭا

تَكَادُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْهُ وَتَنشَقُّ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَتَخِرُّ ٱلْجِبَالُ هَدًّا

أَن دَعَوْا۟ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ وَلَدًۭا

وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا

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