Charitable Institutions
547 questions
Is the money remaining from the estate of a woman who willed that her money be given in charity and spent on her shroud and the digging of her grave to be given in charity?
What is the ruling on informing the person on whose behalf a charity was given that a charity has been paid for them, and is it better to inform them or not?
How do I write a will bequeathing half of my gold and dollars to the poor, orphans, and the needy, and for feeding those who break their fast, and the other half to my siblings and parents, knowing that I am unable to give charity now? And can I donate half to Allah while I am alive by authorizing my mother to give it to the poor?
What is the ruling on hanging a list with the names of those committed to donating for the construction of the mosque, and marking monthly those who have paid, with the intention of encouraging people to commit, and what is the ruling on hanging it inside the mosque door, from the perspective of showing off?
Is it permissible to pay the cost of food for seven orphans after a woman recovers from her illness, knowing that she vowed to feed them but they stopped coming?
How are the deceased's usurious funds purified if the exact amount cannot be precisely determined, and will the deceased be tormented for bank interest that they did not know was usury, even if the estimated amount is given in charity?
Is it permissible to continue trading in an account that has converted to an Islamic account after overnight interest (فوائد تبييت) was deducted from it, or is it obligatory to give away in charity the previous profits that did not include overnight interest?
What is better for spending a sum of money intended as charity on behalf of a deceased father, after his son saw him in a dream asking for money, knowing that there are no needy relatives?
Is it permissible to count the father's outstanding debts owed by people—both those in hardship and those procrastinating—as part of the one-third bequest designated for charitable causes?
What is the ruling on writing "Endowment for the sake of Allah the Almighty as a reward for so-and-so, son of so-and-so" on copies of the Qur'an obtained for free from the Ministry of Endowments and affixed to their first page?
Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Mal (obligatory charity on wealth) to an orphanage for orphans and foundlings?
Is it permissible to pay taxes, fees, and fines from bank interest?
What is the ruling on devices left in maintenance shops for months or years by their owners?
Is it permissible to allude to oneself when performing good deeds, such as the one who gives charity saying to the needy, "This money is from a doer of good," when he means himself, or not to put his name on a charitable work and instead write "Abdullah" (servant of God)?
Is it permissible to invite people to join a mixed-gender charity, and does the inviter bear the sin of those who commit acts of disobedience within it?
How can a woman prepare for death, which she now perceives at every moment, and ready herself with charity and good deeds, while also being anxious about the fate of her children after her passing? Should she write a will to designate who will raise them, and a will for them to fear Allah and prostrate frequently when they grow up? And should she advise her husband not to remarry after her death out of compassion for the children?
What is the method for returning stolen goods to their owner—whether directly or indirectly—and is it permissible to donate stolen money to the designated charity boxes in the mosque for those whose owners are unknown or for whom the amount stolen is unknown?
How do I achieve the love of Allah, for I do not feel it?
Are the bank interest earnings resulting from depositing another person's money into the father's account — which the owner of the money left as a gift for the son — considered permissible (halal) or forbidden (haram), knowing that the father does not want them?
What is the ruling on eating food prepared by people on the fortieth day of a person's death, and what should be done with it if eating it is impermissible, and is there a sin upon one who gives it to another person who then eats from it?
Does a wife whose husband died inherit from him if she marries one year after his death, and is she entitled to claim his private property and the charity money collected for orphans?
Is paying money to a charity dedicated to the care of orphans, without knowing the name of the sponsored orphan, considered sponsorship of an orphan?
Is the death penalty for a man who killed his mother-in-law for inciting his daughter to prostitution legally valid?
What is the Sharia ruling if a woman asks her brothers not to give her inheritance money (which they are holding for her) to her husband or her husband's family after her death, due to her distrust of them and her concern that they may not spend it on her son?