Voluntary Giving
708 questions
How can one compensate for shortcomings towards their deceased father and ask for his forgiveness, and does the father feel it? Should a separate charity be dedicated to the deceased, or is it permissible to intend for him to share in a charity with the living? Is it permissible for one to perform voluntary fasting and dedicate its reward to their deceased father?
What should a woman who is asking do and read to conceive children, and how should one deal with people's talk and their excessive advice?
How should we act towards our poor paternal aunt who lives with her lazy ex-husband, knowing that any money we give her will reach his hands? Would that be cooperation in sin or charity?
Is it permissible to dedicate the reward of ongoing charity (Sadaqa Jariyah) to more than one deceased person, and does that diminish the reward of the original deceased person for whom the charity was intended?
Do we refuse charity as the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, refused it, or is refusing it considered arrogance and a lack of humility before Allah?
Is it permissible to temporarily reduce the amount of charity to accumulate money with the intention of marriage, and is hoarding money for this purpose permissible?
Is there anything in the Sunnah of the Prophet that guides us on how to thank Allah for His blessings through charity?
Is the amount deducted from the salary to help the heirs of deceased workers considered Zakat or Sadaqah?
Is it permissible to give charity or sponsorship to daughters in an orphaned family that relies on the father's social security income, while the working sons do not spend on it?
Is it permissible for a university student in straitened circumstances to accept financial assistance from a wealthy person to cover his study expenses, knowing the difficult financial situation of his family?
Is it permissible for someone who is unsure about the exact amount of zakat due on his wealth to pay a larger sum with the intention that part of it covers the obligatory zakat and the excess is considered a voluntary charity, or is it better to pay the entire amount with the intention of it all being zakat?
Is it permissible for an air conditioner in the mosque to be considered an ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah)?
Is it permissible for the questioner to stipulate to her sister that she take whatever she wishes from the fidyah that the sister will slaughter, knowing that they will slaughter at the same time (the first as a vow and the other as fidyah)?
Is it permissible to give an ex-husband from zakat funds to support the children?
Is expiation (kaffara) obligatory for quitting cigarette smoking?
Is it permissible to pay monthly salaries with the intention of both Zakat and Sadaqah to the children of a deceased brother and his two wives, and to an orphaned and ill paternal aunt, and to an orphaned daughter of a paternal aunt, knowing that the amount paid far exceeds Zakat many times over?
Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Mal to a student of knowledge who is studying medicine or medical sciences as a scholarship?
What is the impact of Zakat and forms of solidarity in combating poverty?
What is the deed that will place its doer in the shade of the Throne of the Most Merciful on the Day of Resurrection until judgment is passed among people, and what is its evidence?
How is the estate of a wife who has no son and owns two plots of land to be divided, if she wishes to allocate one of them to her four daughters, taking into account the share of her brothers and sisters and the sons of a deceased brother? Is it permissible to build a house from the joint wealth of the spouses? How is the estate of her husband, who has no son and no living brothers, to be divided? Is it permissible to divide the inheritance before death?
Is it permissible to give charity monthly while having a debt to a Riba-based bank that can be repaid in installments over months?
Is it permissible to purchase curtains for classrooms, prizes for outstanding students, and a printer for the school from voluntary charity funds collected from students?
Is it permissible to give monthly charity to orphans who live with their working mother, or should it be directed to a mosque under construction?
Will the deceased husband benefit from an ongoing charity (sadaqah jariyah) such as the use of his bed, car, and television, and will the users benefit from it?