Charitable Institutions
547 questions
Is reducing the monthly donation to a needy neighbor, who relies on this support and suffers from illness, considered a blameworthy betrayal, due to increasing personal financial burdens?
Is it permissible to play maysir (gambling) and donate its money to orphans and the poor without taking anything from it?
Which is better: providing water to the needy in the local country or digging a well in an African country?
What is the explanation of the seventh verse of Surat Al-Hashr in "Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir al-Qur'an" regarding the wealth of the people of the towns as compensation for Banu Hashim and Banu Al-Muttalib for what they were denied of charity?
What is the ruling on deducting the amount of a SAHER traffic fine, which the brother did not pay, from the car rental fee, given that he refuses to pay it and threatens to supplicate against his sister who paid the fine?
What is the ruling on the salary paid to a person for three years without work, and must it be returned, and is donating it to public entities such as for building schools and mosques rewarded?
Is expiation necessary for an oath not to accept a gift, knowing that it was taken with the intention of giving it away in charity?
Is it permissible to steal ill-gotten money to spend it on the poor and on charitable causes?
Is it permissible to dispose of the total deposited amount, including the interest added by the bank, or must the amount considered as interest be given in charity?
What is the ruling on money acquired from an unlawful relationship, and must it be returned to its owners after repentance, or is it permissible to spend it on one's parents?
What are the Sharīʿah rulings regarding the expenditure of investors' funds in joint-stock companies on corporate social responsibility activities, and is this permissible in Islam to begin with?
Is it permissible to continue working in a mixed-gender environment with men, even though the female companions (Sahabiyat) used to work and converse with men, given that staying at home would prevent helping others, giving charity, and sponsoring orphans?
Is it permissible to spend a third of the money bequeathed by a man for building a mosque on other charitable causes, because the mosque preachers in our country may belong to destructive sects or parties?
Can I do good deeds with ill-gotten gains?
Is it permissible for a poor young man about to get married to take usurious money from his fiancée to furnish his apartment and cover the expenses of the marriage?
What should I do with the usurious interest I received from the bank and savings account, and is it permissible to give it to my brother who is in debt to me?
Does the reward for charitable giving and spending on orphans, which the mother used to do from her father's money and with his approval, reach her after her death?
Is contributing to an endowment (waqf) or giving charity via mobile text messages, by deducting the amount from the bill, considered ongoing charity (ṣadaqah jāriyah)? Is it better to choose a charity within the boundaries of the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Ḥarām) to multiply the reward? Can the intention of reward be made for one's parents and family, or only for each sender?
What is the ruling on my work as a fundraiser for a licensed charity if I hand over the donations to an official and do not know their exact fate, and do I bear sin if they do not reach the deserving families?
Is it permissible to pay off accumulated debt from the monthly charity amount designated for the needy?
Does sending charity to one's family in the homeland to distribute among the poor negate the virtue of secret charity? And is the inclination in one's heart to seek the admiration of parents for what has been done considered hypocrisy, or is it merely a whisper from Satan? And how can a charitable person achieve the secret charity where his left hand does not know what his right hand has spent?
Do the usurious gains that were given out with the intention of purifying one’s wealth after repenting from them count as charity for which one is rewarded, or is there no reward for them, especially after considering the verse: "So whoever receives an admonition from his Lord and desists, then he may retain what has already passed?"
Is the mechanism for handling the funds of a sick, incapacitated brother, which his family has established (spending on the brother and his daughters, then on needy family members, and donating to the poor and charitable projects), consistent with the objectives of Islamic Sharia?
What is the ruling on money acquired from gambling that the questioner took from his friend, and is it obligatory for him to return the same amount to his friend or to donate it to clear his conscience?