Charitable Institutions
547 questions
Is it permissible to cooperate with heirs in searching for poor and widowed individuals to execute their father's will, in which he designated two hectares of his land for the poor and the needy, based on the noble verse: "And know that whatever you take as spoils of war, indeed, for Allah is its fifth, and for the Messenger, and for relatives, and orphans, and the needy, and the traveler," and is the origin of the testator's wealth considered?
Is it permissible for the the son to benefit from the entire amount, or must he dispose of the amount exceeding what his father paid and the grant, given that it may include usurious money?
Is it permissible to give charity to a fiancé who is a soldier in the army and in a bad financial situation?
Is giving charity upon marriage with the intention of seeking blessings and increasing good deeds, which has become a common practice in society, included in "Whoever introduces a good practice" or is it considered an innovation (bid'ah)?
What should a person do whose lawful and unlawful money have become mixed, and he wishes to repent, and he has a deposit in the bank from money he took unlawfully from a charitable institution for orphans?
What is the best way to spend usurious money disposed of from bank shares?
How can one help a left-handed brother in his trade, as he is heavily indebted after taking money from some in exchange for a specific monthly payment?
Are the monthly amounts sent to return lost business capital considered usury?
Is it permissible for charitable organizations to dispose of the funds allocated for sponsoring orphans and spend them collectively on all orphans, including those not sponsored, and not give the orphan his full sponsorship?
Is it obligatory to give in charity the money earned from selling workers' visas?
Does the mother of sponsored orphans have a share in the sponsorship money, or does she have a separate wage for her care of them?
Should the recommended amount of charity be given to the deceased's wife to prepare their daughter for marriage?
Is it permissible to sell the hides of sacrificial animals and utilize the proceeds for charitable projects?
Is it permissible to obey one's parents in buying household necessities with their ill-gotten money?
What should the son do with the amount he borrowed from his wealthy father before his death, knowing that this amount represents a significant portion of his inheritance share? Should he deduct it from the inheritance and give it in charity, or donate everything he inherited from his father because it is more than the loan amount?
Are the Kiswah of the Kaaba and the gifts designated for it considered charity, or a legitimate right for the custodians, based on the Prophet's (PBUH) saying: "O Uthman, Allah has entrusted you with His House, so eat from what comes to you from this House in a reasonable manner," and given that their fathers and forefathers used to dispose of it by selling or gifting it?
Is it permissible to spend money on a widowed neighbor and her children who repeatedly curse religion, or is it correct to refrain from giving them money?
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?
Is money acquired through fraud forbidden after taking the initial amount "in revenge" from the fraudsters, and must it be given as charity to get rid of it?
Is it permissible for a Muslim to take the inflation rate from the bank and donate the rest?
What is the definition of a charitable endowment (waqf), what is its purpose, what is the need for it, and what is the difference between it and ongoing charity (sadaqah jariyah)?
Is it better to give charity to employed relatives whose salaries barely cover their necessities, or to give it to the poor and orphans?
Is it obligatory to donate the value of the usurious interest that has been benefited from, and does this interest remain unlawful in the present money and not in the essence of the money, and is it permissible to spend it on buying Qurans and distributing them to non-Muslim girls?
What is the ruling on disposing of money collected for a specific charitable cause that could not be delivered to its intended recipient and cannot be returned to its donors?