Voluntary Giving
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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 it permissible to give as charity an izaar that hangs below the ankles?
Is providing household appliances (such as a refrigerator or a stove) to needy young people considered an ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah)?
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 it permissible for a woman to withhold her money from her poor neighbor who does not return money or take care of borrowed appliances, even though she is aware of the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: "Whoever has an excess mount, let him help one who has no mount"?
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?
Is it better to spend on the poor and needy or on my fiancée, knowing that I used to save a portion of my allowance for charity, and now I direct this money to my fiancée to buy consumer goods for her, sometimes with the intention of feeding a fasting person, and other gifts to increase affection?
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)?
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?