Voluntary Giving
708 questions
Is it permissible to sell a share of a house that the father bequeathed as an endowment for the sake of Allah, and donate its price on his behalf?
Can Zakat be paid at a rate of 2.5% monthly from the salary instead of paying it in a lump sum at the end of the year due to working part-time, and are periodic charitable donations counted as part of Zakat?
What is the ruling on purchasing a commodity with money vowed for charity to a mosque, and would the profit generated from its sale belong to the one who gave the charity or to the mosque?
Can Zakat al-Mal be given to needy relatives such as a grandmother, mother, or the wife of a grandfather, when they have a provider? And what is the authenticity of the hadith "Give it to your closest relatives"? And what is the ruling concerning past years for which Zakat was paid without proper calculation?
Is the charity placed in a box at home counted on the day it is put in, or on the day the entire box is given out to the poor?
Is it permissible for the woman in charge of collecting donations for a charity project to deduct from the incoming donations the amount she personally donated in advance, while keeping the rest of the new donation with her instead of transferring it to the center, under the pretext of difficulty in transferring?
What is the ruling on the statement: "To those who boast about the multitude of their Hajj, Umrah, and circumambulations around the Kaaba: circumambulate around the poor, for you will surely find Allah with every poor person"?
Is it permissible for a brother to offer the vowed charity on behalf of his brother if the one who made the vow is not well-off?
Is Zakat due on half the gold if a full year has not passed, but only six months have elapsed?
Is it permissible to give Zakat al-mal to one's maternal cousin who was raised by his grandmother, is 31 years old, and has a very limited income that prevents him from getting married?
Is it permissible to complete the remaining amount for ‘Umrah from one's private money, or is it better to pay the amount of charity and postpone the ‘Umrah, knowing that the vow was to pay a thousand Egyptian pounds in charity, another thousand for the mosque, and to perform ‘Umrah upon recovering an amount of eight thousand Egyptian pounds, and four thousand of it have already been received?
Which is better: slaughtering with the intention of charity in my country or in countries that are poorer, knowing that its price in the poorer countries is much cheaper and easier than in my country?
What should I do after I donated money with the intention of perpetual charity (sadaqah jariyah) to help orphaned girls get married, and then learned that helping orphaned girls marry is not a form of perpetual charity?
Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Mal on behalf of a deceased father, with the intention of it being an ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah), knowing that the father used to pay this money to specific poor people he knew?
Is there a sin upon the questioner for not giving her father the money from the personal loan directly, after she gave it to her brother, the agent, to deliver it to the father, and he refused to do so?
Is it permissible to donate to Shias in Iraq through charitable organizations, with the possibility that they might use these funds to strengthen their influence over Sunnis?
What is the ruling on Udhiyah for a student studying abroad who cannot find poor Muslims in the city where he studies, and is it permissible to donate one-third of the Udhiyah to the Islamic center?
Does a family that has lost its father, and has adult, employed, and well-off children, as well as other non-adult children, deserve charity?
Is it permissible for a Hashemite who is unable to work to take charity from people, even if he does not know whether it is zakat or not?
What is the ruling on disposing of a duck of unknown ownership and its eggs, what must be done to make it permissible, and what should be done with the eggs it is currently sitting on?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat monthly in advance? Does the intention for Zakat suffice for the wife's money and jewelry? Does the husband receive a reward for paying his wife's Zakat with her knowledge and consent?
Which is better in Ramadan: paying Zakat in money or feeding the poor?
What is the ruling on establishing a workshop project using zakat or sadaqa funds to employ and train needy individuals for a monthly wage, while paying the rent for the premises and the trainers' wages from the project's profits, and then channeling the net profit into the association's capital? And what is the ruling on the association paying transportation costs for volunteers when meeting needy cases?
Is it permissible to count a sum of money that was given as charity to the poor as Zakat after it has been handed over?