Voluntary Giving
708 questions
What is the ruling on giving charity to innovators (Ahl al-Bid'ah), or to those who do not establish prayer, or who openly commit sins, and does the one who gives charity in these cases deserve the full reward and recompense?
What is the ruling on zakat for an orchard that contains various fruits and where bees are raised, knowing that the family is neither poor nor in need?
Is it permissible to give a continuous charity (Sadaqah Jariyah) on behalf of both my father and my mother with the same amount that I intended for my father after his death, and is it permissible for this charity to be for a cancer treatment hospital?
Was the daughter's action correct in preparing food for mourners from her deceased mother's money, and donating one-third of her money as ongoing charity to dig a well, based on the mother's will to prepare food for mourners and her will for ongoing charity?
Is Zakat obligatory on a plot of land that was purchased with money withdrawn from the bank to avoid usurious interests?
Must someone who gave money to a needy person, thinking he was in hardship, then later discovered otherwise, reclaim the money and direct it to another cause?
Does purchasing a lunch ticket (or breakfast during the day) for a needy person at the workplace restaurant count as the charity of feeding a poor person?
What is the ruling on someone who has frequently backbitten and forgotten those whom he backbit, so is it permissible for him to give charity (sadaqah) and zakat on their behalf?
Is a person considered to be among the Ahl al-Bayt if his lineage connects to Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) through males, except for one link in the chain that was female?
Is it permissible for a son to pay Zakat from his wealth to his poor father who does not possess what he can spend on his household?
Why did Khalid ibn al-Walid, may Allah be pleased with him, kill Malik ibn Nuwayra?
Why did the Prophet not eat from charity (sadaqah), and is it permissible not to eat from charity, following his example?
How can a woman grant or bequeath her land and house to her sister during her lifetime or after her death, while observing the rulings of Islamic Sharia, and with the condition of retrieving the grant in the event of childbirth?
Is it permissible to spend a portion of the selling price of rabbits designated for Allah on the mother and her young, or must the entire selling price be given for the sake of Allah, with their expenses covered from a personal account?
Is it permissible to give zakat to the needy wife of a paternal cousin, who openly refuses to accept zakat, by giving her money as a loan and then forgiving part of it with the intention of zakat?
Is it permissible to give charity from money given by a husband to a needy sister without his knowledge?
What is the ruling on fasting on the anniversary of a relative's death each year as a charity on their behalf, and is this considered a vow, and what are the consequences if the fast is not observed in one of the years?
Is that which an employer grants on religious occasions or otherwise, be it material things or in-kind, forbidden to the honorable descendants of the Prophet (peace be upon him)?
Does the reward of ongoing charity reach the deceased woman after her mother gives away a portion of her money, and is it permissible for her mother to perform Umrah on her behalf with her own money, and will she be rewarded for it, and is the money from ongoing charity lawful or unlawful?
Is the reward for a gift equal to the reward for charity, and does the reward for a gift to the Family of the Prophet (Ahl al-Bayt) differ from the reward for charity to others?
Is it permissible to buy ongoing charity coupons with the intention of performing an ongoing charity for deceased Muslims, and does the reward for this act reach the deceased?
Is it permissible to withhold charity from a Christian cleaning lady after discovering her bad behavior and to seek out a deserving Muslim, or must one continue to give to her despite her previous behavior?
Is it permissible to take from used clothes distributed to the poor, based on the Almighty’s saying: "And those employed to collect [zakah] therefrom"?
Is it permissible for a needy person to give charity (sadaqah) and zakat to himself?