Charitable Institutions
547 questions
What is the ruling on disposing of bank interest accrued from a savings account, and is it permissible or forbidden?
Is it permissible for a charitable organization to deduct a fixed percentage from Zakat funds for its operational expenses, as it does with regular donations?
What is the ruling on a woman working as an MC for charity or religious events, provided she maintains seriousness and avoids being submissive in speech?
Is it permissible for the mother to give a beggar an amount from the bank interest and donate the rest, or is that not permissible for her? In this case, is it permissible for the beggar to borrow from her and then repay her the amount in installments and donate it to the poor?
Is it permissible for me to keep my money in a usurious bank—given the fatwa of the Egyptian Dar Al-Ifta permitting it—until I return to Egypt and deposit it in an Islamic bank, especially since I spend from it to buy an apartment and give a lot in charity?
Does an endowment for charitable purposes become void if it was made with the intention of anger?
Is the method used to return stolen money to the family, which involved deceiving them by claiming it was a debt or a vow to be spent on a charitable project in their name, considered valid and does it absolve one of responsibility, given that the thief did not intend to steal at the time due to ignorance of the ruling?
Will the reward in the Hereafter be diminished if a medical device is operated for a symbolic fee after the initial intention was for it to be for the sake of Allah, even though the money received is not personally benefited from?
Does a divorce take effect with the husband's words "I divorce my wife" if the wife denied something that did not happen, then he swore again by an oath of divorce that he does not want her, claiming that his intention is what matters most and that his expiation is 100 EGP, which can be deducted from 1000 EGP he had previously given to help orphans?
Is the questioner obligated to give his brother the amount he previously promised him, despite the brother's misconduct and his causing of family disputes, or should he spend it on charitable causes for his deceased father? And if giving it is obligatory, when should that be, given that the questioner is awaiting a job and has other debts?
Is it permissible to voluntarily complete social security contributions in order to receive a retirement pension, knowing that Jordan has abandoned social security retirement pensions and compelled all institutions to subscribe to it?
Is it permissible for a mother to seek financial assistance for her children after the father has abandoned them and is unable to provide for them? Are the children, in this case, considered as orphans? And is the assistance provided to the mother by relatives considered a charity given to her or to her children?
Is a person's status with Allah measured by the abundance of their worship, or by their good character, patience in adversity, and charity, along with performing the basic obligatory duties? Is abstaining from marriage for the sake of meeting a deceased spouse in Paradise considered a sin, and is there any reward in that? Is increasing closeness to Allah after the death of a spouse, and all shared acts of charity, accounted for in the deceased spouse's balance of good deeds?
Is it Islamically permissible to distribute the profits from donations collected for a charity in such a way that 50% goes to session management, 30% to the team responsible for collecting the donations, and 20% to the charity itself, or are these donations designated solely for the charitable purposes of the organization?
What is the ruling on money earned from training in an interest-based bank, is it considered lawful or unlawful, and is it permissible to spend it on oneself and one's family, or must it be disposed of through charity, especially given the existence of illiquid inheritance?
What should I do? Should I travel to repay the charity and zakat funds that were used for my education and the education of my siblings, despite the anger this might cause my mother, or should I stay with my mother while my father remains in debt, knowing that my father will not be pleased with me in this case and has no other source to repay the debt, and I do not have a good job in my country?
Is a girl entitled to strive to achieve her dreams, and why do most men or society reject that?
Is it permissible to disburse Zakat on wealth for charitable acts such as buying and distributing copies of the Qur’an, and is it permissible to give a portion of it to one's brother to distribute on behalf of the Zakat payer?
Is it permissible to use zakat funds to prepare Ramadan baskets, Iftar meals for the needy (Ma'idat Al-Rahman), and purchase Eid clothes for the poor and orphans?
Which is more deserving of sponsorship: orphaned relatives who are well-off, or other orphans who are not relatives but are in dire need?
Is our retention of donated funds for an indefinite period until the most optimal da'wah or charitable work arises considered a delay of funds for the poor and orphans and a sin upon us, or are we, by doing so, among those to whom Allah's saying applies: "And they withhold [even] the small necessities"? And must we inform donors that their donations will not be spent immediately and will remain with us for a period?
Is it permissible to give a brother from charitable donations (sadaqat) to buy necessities, or to help purchase a dwelling, or cover the educational expenses of his children, especially when there are others poorer than him?
Is it permissible to distribute Zakat funds to the poor and orphans who commit sins (such as smoking and immodest dress), and is it permissible to condition the disbursement of aid on the attendance of sons and daughters at religious lessons in the mosque?
What is the Sharīʿah's ruling on a sister's refusal to host her husband's father in his current state (he does not pray, does not bathe, and does not change his clothes), given her fear that she might cause her husband to be undutiful to his father, and how can this situation be handled without falling into God's disobedience by being undutiful to a parent?