Charitable Institutions
547 questions
Is it permissible to invest a person’s money, whose source is known to be unlawful (haram), in a permissible (halal) project?
Is it permissible to take from the money of the mendicant maternal aunt who donated a portion of her house to my mother, and lives in a portion of it, and rents out the larger portion?
Is it obligatory to return the balance taken from the youth, or to give it as charity, or is repentance sufficient?
How can ill-gotten money acquired from the state by unlawful means be returned? Should it be returned to the state’s “Discharge of Liability” account, or be given as charity to charitable organizations? And is it necessary to wait to return to Saudi Arabia to return it from a bank account there, or should the current car be sold?
What are the sins that could cause the deprivation of apparent blessings from a person, such as beauty of appearance?
Is it permissible for the official in charge of a charity to use one of its unused assets or take a portion of its money, with the commitment to return it or the money when needed?
What is the ruling regarding money acquired through illicit means, when its owner repents but is unable to return it for fear of ruin? Will Allah forgive him if he donates it as charity, and is the building constructed with it lawful, and is it permissible for him to spend the remainder of it on furniture that has been mixed with his lawful money?
Is it obligatory to return ill-gotten money acquired from a tourist lodge, and if so, should it be returned to the lodge or donated to the poor and needy, especially since the lodge engages in unlawful activities?
How is inheritance calculated for an estate that includes five sons, four daughters, and a wife, with a will stipulating one-third of the assets for an annual sacrifice, sponsoring orphans, and charitable works, in addition to a house inhabited by the mother that the heirs wish to remain as her residence?
Is it permissible to work as an accountant for Israelis, recording their donations to their religious and charitable institutions? And is that considered assisting them? And what should one do if they cannot find any other work?
Is it permissible to take from the husband's money without his knowledge to give to a needy sister, knowing that the husband is charitable, financially well-off, and has designated a bank account for his wife to take from as she wishes?
Is it permissible to donate a house as a perpetual charity (Sadaqah Jariyah) to be used for the care of orphans after one's death, if the family agrees and is not in need of the money, and would this compensate for not having a child to pray for the donor?
Is it permissible for a charitable organization to use the interest accrued on its funds deposited in commercial Indian banks – due to the absence of Islamic banks – to finance general charitable projects for poor Muslims, such as infrastructure, schools, health centers, and industrial projects?
Is it permissible to request financial assistance from charities or individuals to support an Islamic website that hosts Quran recitations, for the purpose of renewing its hosting, given the fear of engaging in "prohibited begging," and is it permissible to place paid advertisements for other websites on this site to fund it?
Is the intention of the one paying the expiation (kaffarah) that it is for delaying the making up of fasts sufficient, even if the receipt from the charitable organization indicates that it is an expiation for an oath (kaffarat yamin), knowing that the quantity and number of needy people are identical?
Is it obligatory to commit to sacrificing a calf worth ten thousand pounds upon the birth of a daughter, or is it permissible to donate the amount to a more deserving cause of charity?
What is the religious ruling on a person who swore an oath by divorce that his wife would not go to her family, and then he did not fulfill his oath? And is it permissible for someone who vowed a sum of money for reading the Qur’an to spend it on another charitable act, such as charity or giving it to a mosque that does not have an endowment?
Is it permissible for me to suggest to my grandmother that she change her will regarding the endowment of her house for the needy among her children, and stipulating a sacrifice (udhiyah) for her, and leaving the house to the heirs, due to my fear that my uncle might wrong his siblings, and because my father has endowed a building, a portion of whose revenue is designated for sacrifices for him and his parents? And would I be disobedient to my father if this change occurs?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat al-Mal (obligatory charity) early and divide it to help the Mujahideen in Libya and the starving in Somalia instead of paying it in the country of residence, and is there a specific charity recommended to send the Zakat to?
Is it permissible for a female student on scholarship and her husband to use the health insurance paid by the sponsoring entity to cover the expenses of pregnancy check-ups and childbirth, knowing that there is an intention to repay the amount when money becomes available?
Is it better for an elderly woman, who has 40,000 Saudi Riyals and is accustomed to spending Ramadan in Mecca with the same amount, to continue staying in Mecca for worship, or to remain in Riyadh and spend the money on various charitable causes such as sponsoring Umrahs for new Muslims (as an Umrah costs approximately 150 Riyals), sponsoring orphans, supporting Quran memorization circles, building mosques, digging wells, and assisting the poor?
Is it reprehensible to save money for the future, while desiring to spend money immediately on charity, sponsoring orphans, and buying religious books, following the example of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him)?
Is sending a monthly sum to an orphan through a charitable organization considered sponsorship of an orphan or merely charity, and does that diminish the reward, especially if the organization requires signing a sponsorship form and considers deposits as charity disbursed to orphans whose sponsors are delayed, bearing in mind that the financial value of the sponsorship does not change, and that the orphan has a family raising him?
What is the way to do good deeds and give charity in a Western non-Muslim country, where there are fewer needy Muslims to help?