Charitable Institutions
547 questions
What is the ruling on giving charity to beggars in the streets, especially if it is known that they are hired and that the charity may not reach them, and is it permissible to give charity to anyone who asks for money?
Is money earned from working as a flight attendant, during which alcoholic beverages are served, considered unlawful, even though it was used for charitable acts such as Hajj and Sadaqa?
Is a father considered unjust to his children from his first wife if he transferred ownership of the marital home—which was all he owned—to his second wife through a sale and purchase 20 years ago, in exchange for her spending on him and their daughters for 10 years after he lost his money and job?
How can one dispose of items purchased with ill-gotten money, and should they be given away in charity themselves or their monetary value? And if it is their value, should it be the purchase price or the current price?
Is it permissible for a father to give charity from his own money to purify his children's money of the usurious interest deposited in the savings account, or must the charity be given from the usurious money itself?
Is what you did—disposing of donations not designated for a specific cause, and disbursing them at varying time intervals according to your schedule of visits—religiously permissible? And is there no harm in delaying the disbursement of $400 from Ramadan until yesterday, even though the last visit to the children was in Ramadan?
Is it permissible to use a bus designated for a women's Quran memorization center to transport mosque students to the Tarawih prayer in different mosques?
Is it permissible to change the intention of a sadaqah (charitable donation) to the intention of honoring one's parents and fulfilling what the mother wishes for and bringing joy to her heart?
What is the obligatory measure of supplication for oppressed Muslims? Has supplicating for them at all times and sponsoring their orphans become obligatory after it was [merely] recommended? And is it literally necessary to supplicate at all times with presence of heart?
What is the ruling on a husband benefiting from certain in-kind items (food, clothes, bags) from his workplace in a charitable organization, sometimes paying an estimated amount for the clothes, and what is the ruling on him accepting expensive gifts from the director of another association he deals with, and does this affect the upbringing of children and marital life?
Is it permissible to donate 5,000 pounds to orphans, knowing that the deceased father had entered into a Mudarabah contract with this amount intending for it and the profit to be an endowment (waqf) for specific poor people?
What is the ruling on money acquired from bringing in a worker on an entry visa in exchange for a one-time payment upon their arrival, and if it is unlawful, is it obligatory to return it, or is repentance sufficient?
What is the ruling on investing in a company that provides a fixed daily profit, and these profits are used for charitable work?
Is the isolation allowance received by doctors and technicians working in administrative and office jobs, away from their basic specializations, considered permissible (halal) or forbidden (haram)? And if it is forbidden, must the amounts they received be returned or given away as charity?
Which is better in the view of Islam: building a new mosque that will not be frequented by worshippers for many years, or spending its costs on orphans, widows, the poor, and the needy?
How can one dispose of a sum of one thousand riyals obtained from a television competition via the 700 service, and is it permissible to give it away as charity?
If a sister requests money from benefactors to give in charity to her needy relatives, would she be violating the prophetic tradition that advises against asking people, and is it permissible for her to use these funds to pay off her sister's debts, even if these debts are owed to the asker herself?
Is it permissible for a person to buy a phone that was found by someone else, and its owner could not be found after attempts to search for him, and then it is sold to the buyer? And should he pay its current price or its original price as new?
Is a mother entitled to dispose of all her wealth, including spending it on charitable causes and depriving her children of it, due to her displeasure with them?
Is it permissible to document charitable donations, and does that affect their reward? Is that considered a form of reminding (of one's favor), and does the Hadith, "Do not enumerate, lest Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, enumerate against you," apply to it?
Is it permissible to give an ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah) on behalf of a deceased mother through organizations that dig wells and print copies of the Qur'an? And will the reward reach the mother even if the organization does not fulfill what was agreed upon?
Is it permissible to object to a father's decision to bear the full loss of a business in which his cousins participated, and to demand that the loss be divided between the two parties in accordance with the provisions of Sharia?
How can I return the money I took from my deceased father, knowing that he bequeathed all his cash to charitable works and ongoing Sadaqah, and does my monthly payment to charitable works for his soul absolve me of this debt and sin?
Is it permissible for someone whose wealth is a mixture of lawful and unlawful to intend to purchase necessities or things they desire with the unlawful money, and to intend to purchase a specific item with the lawful money?