Voluntary Giving
708 questions
Is it permissible to give charity (sadaqah) and zakat to one who abandons prayer, based on the scholars' fatwa regarding his disbelief?
Is it permissible for one to donate a Mus'haf (copy of the Quran) as an ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah) for himself and for deceased Muslims, so that the reward (Ajar) and recompense (Thawab) for it accrue to him and to them whenever it is read?
What is the ruling on one who experiences frequent lapses in prayer due to involuntary external thoughts, and is it legislated for him to give charity on account of his prayer?
Is a descendant of Utbah ibn Abi Lahab considered to be among the Ahl al-Bayt, and what is our duty towards him?
Is it permissible to give charity (sadaqah) and feed the poor from social security benefits?
Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Mal (obligatory charity on wealth) for feeding fasting people and providing for their sustenance, or for medical supplies necessary for treating the wounded? If so, under which of the eight categories of Zakat recipients does it fall? Or is it only supported by voluntary charity funds?
Is it permissible to give money from the expiatory payment for breaking the fast (kaffarat al-siyam) to a friend who bought a house with a loan and is experiencing severe financial hardship, to the extent that she is unable to pay her electricity and gas bills?
Is it permissible to give sadaqah or zakat to an Azhari Ash'ari student, and is the questioner sinful for changing his intention in seeking knowledge from inviting to Islam to guiding himself and his family?
Will my alms and expenditures be accepted before returning rights to their owners? What is the way to settle the many rights that are difficult to recall or estimate? How can sufficient funds be collected for that in the absence of income? What is the adopted standard for paying the value of stolen items whose financial value has differed between the time of the theft and the present time? What are the practical ways to restore rights to their owners without embarrassment?
Is it permissible for a husband to prevent his working wife from helping her family with her own private money, knowing that he sometimes asks her to spend on the children, and he is very well-off, and he asks her to pay the installment for the car he uses to drive the children?
Is it permissible to live off and benefit from the wealth of a father who does not maintain prayer, nor pay the obligatory zakat, but does give voluntary charity?
Does the divorce of an emotional husband count if he divorates his wife in a fit of rage and then forgets about it when he calms down?
Is it permissible to give charity to a non-Muslim, and is its reward equivalent to the reward of giving charity to a Muslim?
Is it permissible to give food as charity to worshippers inside the mosque?
Is the 5% of the monthly salary deducted and allocated to the poor and needy considered part of Zakat al-Mal or Sadaqah?
Is the will of the deceased who has no children valid if it stipulates a third of his estate to his wife, another third as ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah), and the remainder to his relatives?
Is it permissible to give the alms I have designated weekly to my family instead of the poor?
Should I have settled my obligations first before lending money to someone in need, and am I considered unjust to myself and my wife because of this, and will my reward for this deed be lost due to the doubts I have about the debtor's actions?
Is Zakat and charity accepted if the condition of the poor or needy person is not known, and does the one giving Zakat bear the burden of sin if the money was spent on unlawful things without his knowledge? Is it permissible to pay the equivalent value of food in cash to feed the poor as expiation for breaking the fast in Ramadan?
What is the ruling on subscribing to the Takaful program offered by Qatar Islamic Bank, which provides a sum of money in cases of costly illnesses, accidents causing paralysis, and death, in exchange for a monthly subscription, taking into consideration that the surplus from the fund is distributed to the clients, and is what the subscriber did not benefit from considered a charity to relieve the distress of another person?
Which is more deserving: paying off a financing loan early, or donating money for an ongoing charity (building a mosque) while continuing to pay the installments?
Does ongoing charity on behalf of the wife's father count as part of the giver's Zakat?
Is giving charity on behalf of a deceased parent better and more rewarding than giving charity on behalf of oneself, taking into account that Allah has coupled His worship with honoring one's parents?
Does what al-Tahawi said—that Allah does not know what the servant will do—mean, based on the understanding that He sets different options for the obedient and the disobedient?