Voluntary Giving

708 questions

Which is better: Hajj or helping a poor neighbor with the money for Hajj and postponing it, if Hajj is obligatory?
Is it permissible to offer the amount designated for building a mosque as a single lump sum, while discontinuing the usual daily charity for a number of days, or will the day on which charity was not given not be counted as an act of charity?
Is the grandfather's sale of the house to his son in exchange for the son's payment of the grandfather's debt and the grandfather's marriage of his other children valid according to Sharia, and does this sale prevent the other children from claiming inheritance in this house after the grandfather's death?
What is the ruling on taking a percentage of the money that a person collects for charities? Is it permissible or not?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat on jewelry based on estimation without weighing it?
Is it permissible to retract a promise to give a monthly charity to a needy person due to unforeseen circumstances, or is the promise binding?
Is it necessary to know details about the orphan's father, and whether he was legitimate and Muslim? Is orphan sponsorship restricted to Muslims only? What are the orphan's rights upon us and our rights upon him? Up to what age does sponsorship continue? And is the death of both parents a prerequisite for a child to be considered an orphan?
Is it permissible to give an ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah) on behalf of a deceased father who did not perform good deeds? And is it necessary to seek permission from the expatriate husband if the money is from the allowance he sends for household expenses?
How much is the Zakat on dates that a person harvests and sells in the market?
Is it permissible for the agent to continue distributing the annual charity from the money allocated for it after the death of the principal, or must he give the remaining money to the heirs?
Is it considered a sin or does it nullify the reward if a wife retracts from giving her husband the full amount he requested to present as charity to a friend, after she had initially agreed to give him the full amount, and then later agreed to give him only half the amount?
Does money given to one's sister or wife count as charity (sadaqah)? And is its reward equivalent to the reward of giving charity to the poor, even if they are neither poor nor rich, are content with food and housing provided by their husbands, and the charity is given to them for clothing, secondary life expenses, or sometimes essential needs?
Is it permissible for my husband to deduct the excess zakat he paid in the past three years from the current zakat amount?
Does spending on rebuilding the mosque's ablution facilities—which currently serve their purpose but need improvement—fall under the category of Sadaqah Jariyah (ongoing charity)?
Is it permissible to give charity (sadaqah) and zakat to non-Muslims?
Is it permissible to contribute to the repair of a government bakery's damaged roof using charity funds available in the neighborhood mosque?
Is it better when paying Zakat to make it public or private?
Is it permissible to give zakat to stray, sick, and hungry animals?
Are the allies of a people like their freedmen in the prohibition of eating obligatory charity? And is it permissible for Hashemites and their freedmen to take charity today due to the absence of the Khums (one-fifth tax)?
What is the ruling on delaying the disbursement of a vowed offering, if a man vowed to donate 10% of his salary for one year for the construction of a mosque, then was compelled to postpone that due to other obligations, and what are the outlets for ongoing charity (sadaqah jariyah)?
What is the ruling on the family of the Prophet (Ahl al-Bayt) eating from the dates, water, and meals distributed in the Haram and the holy sites during Ramadan and Hajj? Are these considered gifts or charity?
What is the ruling on reciting the Qur’an for the deceased at the grave or elsewhere, and does it benefit the deceased, and what is the best way to benefit the deceased?
What is the ruling on money saved for housing, marriage, medical treatment, and the like; is Zakat obligatory on it, with reference to the noble verse: "And they ask you what they should spend. Say: The surplus [beyond your needs]" and the Hadith: "There is no charity except from a state of wealth"?
Is it better to donate the entire amount at once, or to distribute it over several days to obtain the full and multiplied reward of charity?

Voluntary Giving

Which is better: Hajj or helping a poor neighbor with the money for Hajj and postponing it, if Hajj is obligatory?

Is it permissible to offer the amount designated for building a mosque as a single lump sum, while discontinuing the usual daily charity for a number of days, or will the day on which charity was not given not be counted as an act of charity?

What is the ruling on taking a percentage of the money that a person collects for charities? Is it permissible or not?

Is it permissible to pay Zakat on jewelry based on estimation without weighing it?

Is it permissible to retract a promise to give a monthly charity to a needy person due to unforeseen circumstances, or is the promise binding?

Is it permissible to give an ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah) on behalf of a deceased father who did not perform good deeds? And is it necessary to seek permission from the expatriate husband if the money is from the allowance he sends for household expenses?

How much is the Zakat on dates that a person harvests and sells in the market?

Is it permissible for the agent to continue distributing the annual charity from the money allocated for it after the death of the principal, or must he give the remaining money to the heirs?

Is it considered a sin or does it nullify the reward if a wife retracts from giving her husband the full amount he requested to present as charity to a friend, after she had initially agreed to give him the full amount, and then later agreed to give him only half the amount?

Is it permissible for my husband to deduct the excess zakat he paid in the past three years from the current zakat amount?

Does spending on rebuilding the mosque's ablution facilities—which currently serve their purpose but need improvement—fall under the category of Sadaqah Jariyah (ongoing charity)?

Is it permissible to give charity (sadaqah) and zakat to non-Muslims?

Is it permissible to contribute to the repair of a government bakery's damaged roof using charity funds available in the neighborhood mosque?

Is it better when paying Zakat to make it public or private?

Is it permissible to give zakat to stray, sick, and hungry animals?

Are the allies of a people like their freedmen in the prohibition of eating obligatory charity? And is it permissible for Hashemites and their freedmen to take charity today due to the absence of the Khums (one-fifth tax)?

What is the ruling on delaying the disbursement of a vowed offering, if a man vowed to donate 10% of his salary for one year for the construction of a mosque, then was compelled to postpone that due to other obligations, and what are the outlets for ongoing charity (sadaqah jariyah)?

What is the ruling on the family of the Prophet (Ahl al-Bayt) eating from the dates, water, and meals distributed in the Haram and the holy sites during Ramadan and Hajj? Are these considered gifts or charity?

What is the ruling on reciting the Qur’an for the deceased at the grave or elsewhere, and does it benefit the deceased, and what is the best way to benefit the deceased?

Is it better to donate the entire amount at once, or to distribute it over several days to obtain the full and multiplied reward of charity?