Charitable Institutions
547 questions
Is it permissible to eat the food of "prostitutes" and accept their charitable donations of clothes and makeup?
Does the hadith "I and the guarantor of the orphan are like these two in Paradise" include marrying a close orphaned female relative, and does one who marries a close orphaned female relative receive two rewards?
What should a young man do with the money he earned from his previous job at a "Riba-based bank" after leaving it and repenting? Is repentance sufficient, or must he dispose of the money, such as by giving it away in charity?
Are the charity boxes found in shopping malls and supermarkets reliable for donating through?
How can a person who has repented to Allah, but possesses money he unlawfully took from its rightful owners whose whereabouts are unknown, dispose of this money to complete his repentance? Should he spend it on building a mosque, or give it to the poor and needy with the intention of it being an ongoing charity for its owners?
What is the difference between waqf (endowment) and sabil (way/path), in meaning and ruling?
What is the ruling on disposing of money sent for charity to a shrine, with the request for prayers for healing from the shaykhs of the zawiya, and is it permissible to spend it on other charitable causes and lie to the sender?
Is it permissible for a charitable organization dedicated to the care of orphans, which receives specific donations for that purpose, to spend from these donations on foundlings, knowing that the donors intend only orphans, and that society distinguishes between the two categories?
Is he who intended to do good deeds rewarded for his intention, even if he was unable to complete them due to compelling circumstances? What is the ruling on his asceticism in the future for fear of a recurrence of the circumstances? Is there a specific percentage that must be given from the money of the doer of good deeds for charitable acts?
Is it permissible to give the fidya for feeding sixty poor people in cash, or send it to another country, or give it to a charity organization, due to the unavailability of poor people in the country of residence?
Is he who collects donations for orphans, then buys some necessities for them with the money, and sends them the rest without informing them of the source of the money, sinful?
What is the ruling on selling luxury cars and furniture?
Do children who are not cared for by their parents (due to illness, addiction, or abandonment) fall within the definition of "orphan," so that they may be sponsored by charitable organizations?
How should a person act concerning an excess amount of 180 dinars resulting from the disbursement of nine months' salary instead of eight months' work?
Is it obligatory to donate the usurious gains that were intended for charity after the car purchased with money mixed with usurious gains and lawful money was destroyed, and its wreckage was sold?
Is reliance on Allah to resolve a family problem, despite not possessing the necessary money in a materialistic society, considered a sound stance?
How can I atone for defrauding in merchandise from which I did not financially benefit, and three years have passed, making it difficult to determine its amount or its owners who are dispersed in different cities, knowing that I have repented for that?
Is it permissible for two daughters to sell the piece of land that their father gifted to them when they were young, knowing that he used to work in a usurious bank and has passed away?
What should we do about a wealthy neighbor who asks his neighbors for basic necessities instead of buying them, and are we obligated to give him what he asks for?
Will a Muslim be rewarded if he teaches someone the adhkar (remembrance of God), and then this person teaches them to others, and so on in a continuous chain?
What is the position of Sharia regarding the relationship between the lender and the borrower (for individuals, not institutions), and is it true that a dirham of a loan is better than a dirham of charity, taking into consideration the Prophet's (peace be upon him) seeking refuge from debt and sin?
Who is a widow, and what are her rights in Islamic society?
What is the ruling on exchanging shares of usurious banks for shares of Islamic banks, and is it obligatory to purify the money, and how is that done?
Can the returns on savings certificates be spent on the home and children, and can they be given as an ongoing charity on behalf of a deceased person?