Charitable Institutions
547 questions
Is there a legitimate religious prohibition against organizing a commemorative gathering for the head of an association concerned with sponsoring orphans, which includes recalling his role in charitable work, presenting a certificate of appreciation to his family, and providing an introductory paper about the association?
What are the best forms of charity that can be offered and are suitable for our communities in Jordan, or reliable charitable organizations for building mosques and digging wells in Africa or East Asia? And does this dream have an interpretation: "My father is teaching his son (my nephew) and saying to him: 111, and he is laughing, and my nephew is also laughing"?
Is it permissible to use some of the donations to complete the establishment of a charity office for sponsoring orphans due to financial reasons?
Is it permissible for a daughter to take money deposited by her father in a usurious bank (both the principal and the interest) to cover her marriage expenses, or should she only take the interest without his knowledge to spend it on charity, knowing the unlawfulness of interest and her need for the money?
Is it permissible to use usurious gains to pave a road in a residential neighborhood, given the state's failure to maintain roads in popular neighborhoods?
Can the amount of an orphan's sponsorship (kafala) be transferred for the treatment of the sick if she is not in need of the money, and would the donor be sinful for doing so?
Is it permissible to spend a sum designated for God from business profits to marry off needy relatives, and is it necessary to inform them that it is charity, and should a needy relative who is extravagant in his marriage be given?
What is the ruling on caring for and sponsoring needy and poor elderly people who have no one to support them, by analogy with the Sharia's concern for sponsoring orphans?
Is it permissible to give female employees and workers in a women's association, who are responsible for collecting and distributing Zakat, a portion of this Zakat on the grounds that they are among those who work upon it?
Why did God permit four wives, while instilling in women jealousy and attachment to men, which might cause them suffering when others share their husband, especially if the man is incapable of being just between them?
Is the mother sinful if she stops helping her needy neighbor, after the questioner's grandmother had advised her to give charity and help the needy? And is the questioner obligated to help this neighbor after her mother's death, whether the mother had advised that or not?
Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Mal (obligatory charity) to Islamic organizations, such as Islamic Relief, which allocate 20% of it for administrative purposes?
Is spending on a married female cousin (daughter of a maternal aunt) considered charity and upholding family ties, and is treating her well considered filial piety towards the mother and the aunt?
What is the ruling on charitable organizations, and what are the guidelines you recommend for cooperating with them and with wealthy individuals from among the general populace?
Is it permissible to take the usurious increment resulting from an investment certificate as a gift from the father, or to leave it for the family to prevent discord and the father's anger, knowing that the father is responsible for the questioner's expenses?
How should a Muslim manage his wealth, and how can he grow and preserve it without displeasing Allah?
Is it permissible for a father to register all his property to one of his children to the exclusion of the others, and is he sinful for doing so, even if they are disobedient, or if he disposes of all of it for charitable causes to deprive them? And is there a reward for charity given from suspicious wealth obtained through injustice, or is it merely the reward for getting rid of ill-gotten gains?
What is the ruling on taking a portion of entrusted money to meet a need, and investing it in personal projects and real estate without the knowledge of the owner of the money, who has since passed away and has partners? Should the money be returned to the heirs, or to the poor and orphans, and at what value should it be returned? Is it obligatory to return the value of the profits from the projects and real estate? Is it permissible to pay the debt in installments? And is it possible to mortgage or write a will for the real estate to guarantee repayment in case of death?
Should the money designated for orphans be disbursed in the same value in the currency of the country where it was given, or in its equivalent in the currency of the country where it will be disbursed?
Is it permissible for a charitable organization to take a percentage from donations, whether restricted or general, to cover its administrative expenses such as office rent and the cost of publications, in the absence of salaries for employees?
Is a husband entitled to object to his working wife's disposal of her private property, and is she required to seek his permission when spending from it?
What is the ruling on money taken from selling visas to foreign workers and from the monthly fees they pay, knowing that they do not work for the institution, and that some of them are still present while others have left?
To whom is zakat given, and is it permissible to give it to charitable organizations and medical institutions that treat the poor, and is donating blood considered zakat?
Is it permissible for an accident victim to take compensation from the insurance company if their employer has covered the medical expenses, and if the money is public funds but the entity is wealthy, and should they treat it as private property or donate it to other governmental bodies?