The imaam made a mistake in naming the charity for which he had been asked to collect donations

Question: 8860

Whilst he was on the minbar the imaam
made a mistake, and gave the name of a charitable organization other than the one which he
had agreed to collect donations for after the prayer. Donations were collected after the
prayer – to whom should the money collected be given?

Answer

Praise be to Allah, and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah.

We put this question to Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen, may Allaah preserve him, who answered as follows:

The money should be given to the organization whose name was mentioned by the imaam from the minbar.

Source:

Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

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