Voluntary Giving
763 questions
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 sponsoring an orphaned girl through a missionary organization that distributes Bibles and teaches Christianity, and is it permissible to send her a message to explain Tawhid to her and then cut off financial aid?
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?
Which is the best organ to donate after death to receive a great reward, and how great is this reward? Is it an ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah)? What is the religious ruling on organ donation? Is it permissible for the donor to stipulate which organs are to be donated? And is the donor sinful if these organs are used in unlawful ways?
Is it permissible to allocate a specific percentage – 5% monthly – of the donations collected for a charity that works on developing Ain Shams University hospitals, to be spent on the expenses of establishing the charity, printing publications, and advertising campaigns to increase donations? What is the maximum permissible limit for this? Are there any conditions for this expenditure, such as informing the donor?
Is it permissible to give one's parents from the obligatory charity (sadaqah wajibah), knowing that it is not possible to combine giving charity with providing assistance to them?
Is giving 10% of one's monthly salary with the intention of charity (sadaqah) and zakat to the people of Syria and some poor individuals sufficient to fulfill the obligatory zakat?
Is it possible to donate the amount allocated for Hajj on behalf of one's father instead of performing Hajj, due to the inability to perform the obligation, shortage of money, and increasing Hajj costs?
How is the Zakat calculated for a deposit that was fully returned after a period of freezing, and is what was spent on the needy during that period counted as Zakat?
How can someone suffering from obsessive doubts (al-waswas) distinguish a true intention for divorce from obsessive thoughts? And does his divorce take effect if he divorces believing it does so due to obsessive doubts? And is the intention for divorce by allusive terms (kinayah) valid if the aim behind it is relief from obsessive thoughts, not the divorce itself? And are inner peace and tranquility conditions for the divorce of someone with obsessive doubts to take effect? And does the prevailing custom (urf) that considers allusive terms (kinayah) not to effect a divorce prevent the divorce by allusive terms from taking effect? And if someone with obsessive doubts divorces three times by allusive terms (kinayah) and intends divorce, while avoiding explicit wording, is that considered evidence of his lack of resolve for divorce? And is it obligatory to follow the fatwa of the muftis regarding the non-occurrence of divorce even with the belief that the wife is unlawful?
Is it permissible to give charity to the son of my deceased brother—who is under the care of his well-off mother—or is it more preferable to give it to a needy stranger?