Voluntary Giving
763 questions
Is placing money in the mosque's building fund considered charity (sadaqah), and does it carry a greater reward than giving charity to the poor? And is giving charity to cancer patients considered ongoing charity (sadaqah jariyah)?
Does zakat become obligatory on real estate purchased by a merchant to endow it for the poor, if a year passes while it is vacant?
Is it sound and blameless conduct to delay giving out charity until the Ten Days of Dhul-Hijjah—because the reward therein is multiplied?
Is it permissible to refrain from helping a woman who constantly asks for money and claims to be in need, knowing that her husband is well-off, and is it a sin to disclose her situation?
What is the ruling on using free internet, sometimes available without a password or with one, and is it better to intend it as a gift or as charity?
How much Zakat, in Saudi Riyals, is obligatory to be paid on an amount of 20,000 Saudi Riyals for three years?
Is it permissible to buy a gift for one's brother with charity money, or must it be bought with the giver's private money?
Do male and female children, who live with their divorced mother and enjoy excellent financial status, share the sustenance they earned through their own efforts with their other siblings, and what is the father's role in this matter?
Is it permissible for the landlord to accept 250 Egyptian Pounds of the agreed-upon monthly rent value in the contract (300 Pounds) and consider 50 Pounds as sadaqah (charity) or a deduction from usurious money owed by him?
What are the deeds that would increase the scale of good deeds for my deceased mother, and how can I give charity on her behalf despite the scarcity of deserving individuals, and is there a specific supplication I can make for her?
Is donating money considered a form of jihad, based on the premise that the soul is predisposed to love money?
Is charity counted if a Muslim gives it to an occupier?
Is it permissible to give charity from financial aid disbursed by a non-Islamic state?
What is the right of brothers to the wealth of their married brother, and is giving them money considered a loan or an obligatory right, like the right of parents, wife, and children?
Is it better to give a sum of money collected for a deceased colleague to his children, or to donate it for the construction of a mosque as an ongoing charity on his behalf?
Is it permissible to send supplications (duas) and ذكر (dhikr) or explanations of hadith via email with the intention of a جاریة (perpetual charity), or to buy valuable religious books and donate them as a جاریة (perpetual charity)? Is it permissible to bestow the reward of this action upon the deceased mother, and will the deceased benefit from this reward? And how does the deceased benefit from people's supplications for them and charity on their behalf, and what is the meaning of a man being given glad tidings of his son's righteousness after his death?
Is it permissible to distribute baklava or give out charity on behalf of a deceased son, after his mother saw him in a dream eating baklava?
Is the husband considered sinful if he does not pay for the cancer treatment of his divorced wife, even though she owns gold that she can sell for treatment, and his financial situation is modest and he has another family? And is he sinful if he demands the gold back that he bought for her during their marriage?
Are the children of a divorced sister, whose father does not provide for them, considered orphans? Is it permissible to give them Zakat or Sadaqah, knowing that their mother is a descendant of the Prophet (peace be upon him) through her mother's side, and is capable of working and providing for them?
What should the relative of the deceased do to restore rights to their rightful owners while covering up for their relative, after the latter forged a contract transferring full ownership of the deceased husband's house to themselves and two other individuals, knowing that the husband had already drawn up a contract transferring a quarter of the house to his wife? And is ongoing charity (sadaqah jariyah) on behalf of the deceased husband's heirs, equivalent to their share in the house, sufficient? And does the wife inherit anything from the husband's estate in addition to the quarter stipulated for her in the contract? And does the rule "the killer does not inherit" apply here?
Is it permissible to sacrifice a camel, from the son's private funds, as an act of charity on behalf of his deceased father? And is it permissible to substitute that with the value of the charity to be spent on building a mosque or other ongoing charity?
Is it permissible to include all family members in the intention of a charity (sadaqah)? And does the reward for the giver of charity (mutasaddiq) diminish if he intends it for others? What are the best intentions to receive the full reward? And is it better to give charity for building a mosque or to needy relatives?
Is it permissible for a worker in a charitable organization to use donation funds designated for the poor and needy to spend on needy families not registered with the organization, given that the donor did not stipulate registration with the organization?
Is the money that the questioner pays to her married daughter, who has a low income, considered a charity (sadaqah), as is the money she pays to her mother, who is of moderate means?