Voluntary Giving
708 questions
When is the best time for charity?
Is money donated for the sponsorship of an orphan and for hospitals considered sadaqah (charity) or zakat, given the donor's intention to seek Allah's pleasure, and the obligation of zakat upon him?
What is the ruling on giving charity to a poor person whose lineage to the Household of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) has been established, and who is not given the khums?
Is it permissible to give a monthly charity to a girl who is unemployed and whose father's income does not exceed $200, and who has a brother with a moderate income who is about to get married?
Is it permissible for someone donating an ongoing charity (ṣadaqah jāriyah) to intend it for three people (the deceased father, the living mother, and the donor himself), or must the intention be limited to only one person? And is it permissible for the donor to wish for a worldly benefit from this charity without losing its reward?
Is one sinful who intended to give a specific woman charity, then forgot and used it?
Is the building of graves for the poor and needy mentioned in the Prophetic narrations, or is it an ijtihad from Muslims as a perpetual charity, and does it carry a great reward?
Is it permissible to pay for travel expenses and the cost of unpaid leave for a young man who is seeking knowledge and facing financial difficulties, from Zakat or Sadaqah funds?
Is it permissible to give the father's bequest, which stipulated the expenditure of one-third of his wealth for charitable causes, to his poor son to pay off his debts and assist him, knowing that the sons are authorized to determine the recipient?
What is the ruling on giving money to beggars? Is it permissible to refrain from giving to them as a way of discouraging them? And how can this be reconciled with the Almighty's saying: "And as for the beggar, do not repel him"? Should the Friday خطيب (preacher) warn against giving to beggars at mosque entrances? And how should we deal with beggars who may be incapacitated or ill?
What is the reward for sponsoring an orphan from the Household of the Prophet (Ahl al-Bayt) in this world and the hereafter, and is it a sin to stop the annual payment for sponsoring another orphan?
How can I atone for Allah Almighty's punishment of my mother for transgressing His bounds so that she does not enter Hellfire and be tormented, given that she bequeathed to disinherit her only son?
Is it permissible to give zakat to the wife's sister whose husband is experiencing financial hardship and has lost his job, knowing that they own a property they do not wish to sell because it is allocated for their daughters' future marriages?
Is it permissible to give charity in Ramadan while one is in debt, or is paying off the debt more deserving, and what about a long-forgotten debt that has not been claimed and its owner cannot recall it?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding the stance of the refrigerator owner and what is incumbent upon him towards the doorman after the doorman's son died from an electric shock from the refrigerator, which was placed as an ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah)?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on disposing of money that exceeds the effort expended, where a full salary (30 days) was disbursed despite working only 15 days, and is it permissible to give this money as charity?
Is taking new notebooks and pens from a deceased father's shop and donating them to a Sharia school considered an ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah) for him?
Is providing household appliances (such as a refrigerator or a stove) to needy young people considered an ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah)?
Is it permissible to continue giving Zakat to a poor, sick friend, noting that he owns luxuries in his home?
Is it permissible for 10 individuals to share in the cost of digging a water well, with each contributing 10 Kuwaiti Dinars, for a total cost of 100 Kuwaiti Dinars, with the intention of it being an ongoing charity (Sadaqa Jariyah)?
Is charity an obligation or a Sunnah?
Would establishing a website for a deceased Egyptian reciter, where his recitations are displayed, be considered an ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah), and would my intention be rewarded even if I do not succeed in completing it?
What is the reference for Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak's action of spending his money on the poor and not completing his supererogatory Hajj, and is it better to donate all the funds allocated for a supererogatory Hajj than to complete it?
What is the ruling on giving one-quarter of one-tenth (2.5%) of one's money as an annual zakat, with the intention that anything exceeding the obligatory amount is a Sadaqah (charity)?