Voluntary Giving
763 questions
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 an air conditioner in the mosque to be considered an ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah)?
What is the religious ruling on not helping those in need, and are relatives and neighbors sinful if they refrain from offering help despite knowing of the dire need?
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 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?
What is the optimal way to deal with money: saving it for marriage, or to avoid extravagance, or to perform Umrah, or for charity and sponsoring an orphan as was the original intention?
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 for the Imam to allocate a large portion of the money designated for the poor to his relatives, and is he accountable for that?
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?
Is it permissible to take a transfer commission and communication costs from the funds of charity and orphans when sending them to those entitled to them?
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?
How is the reward for ongoing charity calculated?