Charitable Institutions
547 questions
What should a Muslim do with the profits from selling shares of a company that was later discovered to be involved in riba (usury)? Should he dispose of all the profits, or only the portion of the profits derived from riba?
Is buying a house for orphans considered an ongoing charity (ṣadaqah jāriyah), knowing that it might be sold in the future?
What is the method for performing the expiation (kaffara) for swearing falsely by Allah, and is the available amount sufficient to feed or clothe the poor, knowing that there are poor neighbors and orphans, or is it obligatory to fast for three days, and can the amount be handed over to charitable organizations?
Is it permissible to give Zakat on wealth to charitable organizations, given my desire to pay Zakat directly to the deserving, and how are the deserving identified, and what is the optimal method for distributing Zakat in terms of number and amount?
Is it permissible for a poor daughter, who inherited the house and whose father passed away leaving five daughters and two sons, to take from the quarter of the wealth and property bequeathed for charitable deeds, given that she does not possess what would enable her to pay her brothers' and sisters' shares?
Did the volunteers do right or wrong by abandoning charitable work and telling their colleagues to stop volunteering in an association where one of its officials was discovered to have committed theft? And is it sufficient for them to merely inform the owners of the association, who decided to only dismiss the thief and not expose him?
Is it permissible to pay off the debt of the deceased husband's father to the husband's poor brother with the intention of settling the debt and having it be a charity on behalf of the deceased owner of the money, in the event that the heirs of the owner of the money are unknown?
Must one pay for a water hose accidentally broken in a government hospital? And was it sufficient to give its price as charity to one of the hospital workers?
What is the ruling on working in a place designated for training women in various types of dance as a hobby, and the ruling on earning money from it, and what must be done if this earning is unlawful, especially since the training is conducted with music?
How can financial grievances be redressed after prices have doubled and the value of money has changed, especially after more than 20 years have passed, and if the charitable organization has ceased to exist or the wronged person has died?
Is it permissible to count the amount the questioner lent to his neighbor as part of the vow designated for the poor? And will fasting three days a month suffice him for the lapsed period? And is an expiation for an oath incumbent upon him for delaying the fulfillment of the vow?
Is it permissible for a young man from the Household of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to study at a university funded by charity and donations, some of which come from usurious or unknown sources? And does this fall under the ruling of building a mosque with the sadaqat (charitable donations) of the Companions? And is it permissible for him to benefit from scholarships offered, whether due to inability to pay or for academic excellence? And is it permissible to take them with the intention of repaying them as a debt? And what is the ruling on grants offered by foreign countries?
Is it permissible to use money acquired through fraud and deception, in which the father involved his son when he was young, to overcome a financial hardship, in accordance with the principle "Necessities permit the forbidden"?
What is the legal ruling regarding the dues of workers who were unable to return to work and could not be reached, knowing that their dues are recorded in the company's accounts?
Is it Islamically permissible to obligate a poor person, to whom we have donated for a charitable project, to pay a fixed monthly percentage to be donated to other projects?
What is the best way to engage in ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah): buying a small house for orphans or contributing to the construction of a mosque, when selling a residence and donating half of it or half its value for the sake of Allah?
Are the profits from a project established with an interest-based loan permissible, and is working in it permissible?
Is it obligatory to re-pay the expiations for oaths (kaffarat al-yameen) that were given to a mosque, which later turned out not to feed ten needy persons as was initially stated, keeping in mind that the majority of mosques and charitable organizations in the city, along with its religious scholars, issue fatwas permitting the feeding of fewer than ten needy persons multiple times, and that it is difficult to find ten deserving needy persons to feed? And is it permissible to give the expiation to a family consisting of twelve needy persons?
Is it permissible to sponsor a student of Islamic knowledge from Al-Azhar and dedicate the reward to a deceased father?
Did the land pass out of my possession, and can I retract my statement: "It's fine for me to donate the land and make it a mosque"?
Is it permissible to give money from the sale of cigarettes to orphaned minors who have no income or provider?
What is incumbent upon a Muslim during the spread of an epidemic?
Is it permissible for a widow to dispose of the money sent to her and her orphaned daughters by a benefactor, and what is the ruling on her taking from her daughters' money to give to their needy half-brother from their father's side?
Is it permissible for a student to do charitable deeds with the intention of succeeding in exams? And is it permissible for him to place dates, water, and sweets in the mosque and ask the worshippers to pray for him?