A Question We’ve Answered Many Times: Is zakat used to finance jihad?

This time the question has been posed on a Yahoo forum:

https://ph.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20140519044101AALycyw

Note that a variety of answers are given, but the general consensus of answers is that zakat does in fact fund jihad.

For more background on the subject matter and a more detailed answer, please refer to one of the posts we wrote on the subject over the years:

https://shariahfinancewatch.org/2013/10/11/why-do-islamic-charities-send-zakat-to-terrorists-because-shariah-says-they-must/