Is sponsoring an orphan (kafalat al-yatim) on behalf of a father who is unaware of it considered an act of honoring one's parents (birr al-walidayn), and is it obligatory to inform him?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
Charity is valid on behalf of the living and the dead, and its reward reaches the one on whose behalf the charity is given. Some scholars have held that Allah grants the giver of charity a reward similar to that of the one on whose behalf the charity was given. There is no harm in concealing this from the father.
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