Charitable Institutions
547 questions
What should we do regarding giving Zakat al-Mal (obligatory charity on wealth) to the people of our village who envy and backbite us, and is it better to continue doing so or to give it to charitable organizations?
Is it permissible to use the remaining amount from a donation for building a mosque as charity for orphans, or must it be spent on another mosque?
What is the ruling on using or disposing of stationery and marketing materials obtained from a friend who is responsible for them at a company, knowing that he has the right to give them away, but not in large quantities?
Is it permissible to give the expiation for sexual intercourse during the daytime in Ramadan (feeding sixty poor people) to some charitable organizations such as the Makkah Charitable Foundation? And what is the estimated cost of freeing a slave?
Is it permissible to give usurious money as charity to parents to pay off their debts?
What are the designated uses for funds, a portion of which constitutes profits from the sale of alcoholic beverages, which scholars have specified for donation? Is it permissible to donate these funds to Muslims, or only to non-Muslims? And is it permissible to use them for a charitable endowment (waqf) or for various types of sadaqah (charity)?
What is the ruling on benefiting from bank or post office interest, and is it permissible to donate it, and is it permissible to give it to one's parents?
If someone steals something and does not know the owner's whereabouts in order to return it, is it permissible for him to give the value of the stolen item as a charitable endowment (sadaqah jariyah) on behalf of the owner? If it is not permissible, what should he do? And can he send the value of the stolen item instead of going in person?
Is it permissible to spend mosque funds on building and furnishing a second official residence for the Imam, especially given that the Imam is collecting donations and transferring them for this purpose, and is it permissible for him to use part of the sand allocated for the mosque to build another charity?
What is the ruling on the action of a female questioner who allocated a portion of the profit from goods her family donated to a charity association to meet her household needs without their knowledge?
Is it permissible to pay off interest accrued on a usurious loan with other usurious interest obtained from the same bank, in a country where only usurious banks exist, knowing that the borrower was unaware that his loan would accrue interest?
Is one who does good deeds in Ramadan with the sole intention of fasting sinful, or will he not be rewarded?
What is the ruling on a man who calls to Allah spending the zakat funds he collects on his poor and needy relatives and orphans, without informing the donors or his family about the source of the funds?
What are the suggested charitable projects for a person who does not possess great wealth and wishes to perform acts of charity and care for the sick and orphans in his village?
Does sponsoring a child abandoned by their parents suffice in place of sponsoring an orphan?
Is it permissible for the repeated feeding of a poor person as an expiation for an oath to be intended for specific days, or must ten poor persons be fed all at once?
Is it permissible to give expiatory charity (kaffarah) to an international charitable organization operating outside the country where the giver resides, given that there are poor people in his own country? And is the food provided by the organization (such as rice) sufficient if distributing various food items is among its activities?
Briefly, did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his Companions not work despite their asceticism and patience with hunger, and how do we reconcile this with the exhortation to work and to refrain from begging people, and is it possible to apply this in our present time?
Is a Muslim rewarded for charitable acts such as removing harm and performing household chores, and is the intention required during or after the act?
Is zakat obligatory on a sum of money designated as an endowment (waqf) for the sponsorship of orphans, and what is the ruling on the annual profits of this money deposited in a savings account in an Islamic bank – are they considered charity or a right of the orphans?
Is it permissible for the bride's father to gift the marital home to his daughter because the suitor does not own a residence, and does this diminish her status Islamically?
Would a charitable act of building a well with ill-gotten money alleviate some burden from the deceased from whom this money was inherited?
Is it permissible to use unlawfully acquired money, of which some remains after repentance, to buy something for one's father, or must it be given as charity to the poor?
Is it permissible to give charity with the intention that the sick neighbor be rewarded for this charity?