What is the ruling on accepting a non-profit youth initiative for financial support from a company in exchange for placing its name on meals for fasting individuals, knowing that the company aims for marketing, and this acceptance might affect the participation of donors in good deeds? And what is the best way to dispose of any remaining money after Ramadan, given that the donations were specifically allocated for feeding fasting individuals?
There is no legal impediment to accepting the company's offer, as displaying charity is permissible, even if secrecy is better, for Allah Almighty says: "If you disclose your charitable expenditures, it is well; but if you conceal them and give them to the poor, it is better for you." It is obligatory to limit writing the company's name only on the meals it donated, and it is not permissible to write its name on the donations of others, as that constitutes forgery. As for the remaining funds from the iftar (breaking fast) donations, the principle is not to spend them on anything other than iftar, and it is obligatory to seek permission from the donors before disposing of them, or to inform them in advance that if anything remains, it will be spent on other charitable causes.
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