Voluntary Giving
708 questions
Is it permissible to sell a gift that the deceased gifted before his death and donate its price on his behalf, and is it permissible to give this money to a mosque under construction?
Is it Islamically forbidden to dedicate a specific day – which marks the anniversary of a salvation from death – to increasing acts of seeking forgiveness (Istighfar), praising Allah (Hamd), and giving charity (Sadaqah), with the intention of thanking Allah for the salvation?
Is working in the design of homes and mosques considered a perpetual charity (Sadaqah Jariyah) if money is received from the project owner, and can it become so by requesting a price lower than the cost?
Is it obligatory to give in charity to the poor the money whose owner could not be found, or is it permissible to give it in charity to the rich as well, knowing that voluntary charity is permissible for the rich?
Is repentance accepted for sins related to sexual talk, watching pornography, and masturbation, and is one absolved of responsibility by giving ongoing charity on behalf of those previously spoken to?
Is it permissible to give charity to a married sister and her children while her husband is alive, and is it a condition for this that the sister be poor and in need?
Is it permissible to give an ongoing charity (sadaqah jariyah) on behalf of the deceased, and does its reward reach them, and is the one who performs it recompensed for that, and is it permissible to include the living with the dead in the same charity, and is the one who performs it recompensed if he dedicates it solely to the deceased?
Is building bathrooms for the mosque and an iron water tank on the roof of the bathrooms, as well as repainting the mosque, considered an ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah)?
Is a working, single woman's provision for her family with half of her salary considered a Sadaqah Jariyah (ongoing charity)? And what is Sadaqah Jariyah?
What is the ruling on internet messages that request the dissemination of the Qur’an, supplications, or Prophetic traditions with the intention of ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah) for the reward of specific deceased individuals, and which may include encouragement or intimidation, and are the sender and the one for whom it was intended rewarded for it?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat to cover the treatment costs of a brother with a mental illness and to buy him a car to help him with transportation and to meet the family's needs, knowing that he is unemployed and unable to commit to a job?
Is it permissible to give one-fifth of the Sadaqah to the Prophet's Household (Ahl al-Bayt)?
Does continuing to spend a third of one's salary as charity, a third on one's work, and a third on oneself prevent marriage and constitute a mistake?
Is it permissible for daughters to give their mother money that their father had designated for them for charity (sadaqah), without his knowledge?
How is the animal of a Sadaqa sacrifice to be distributed for health (recovery), and is it designated only for the poor, or is it permissible to give from it to relatives and to eat from it?
What is the ruling on participating with a family member who is hosting a sadaqa feast on behalf of ancestors, knowing that there is nothing that leads to shirk?
What should a person do who deposited $10,0 with a friend to establish a company, then they disagreed on the deposited amount, as the friend claims it was only $7,900, knowing that the friend paid zakat on $10,0 and refuses to acknowledge the shortfall, while the depositor fears accusing the friend's wife, in whom the latter trusts?
Is it permissible to give charity equivalent to the value of two camels instead of sacrificing them as my father requested, and if there is another way of giving charity that would be more beneficial for him after his death, knowing that the money paid is from my own funds?
Is it permissible to use half the value of sold land to pay off a debt and obligation, and distribute the other half as Sadaqah in fulfillment of a vow, with the possibility of distributing the Sadaqah in stages?
Is it permissible to give the university cleaning staff—who desire leftover food—from the expiation of feeding a poor person, and are they considered among the poor?
Is it permissible to give money to a poor father with the intention of charity?
Is it permissible to give daily charity to the neighbors' children in the form of "chocolate, choco, and ice cream" with the intention of making them happy, knowing that their financial situation is moderate and they are not among the poor and needy, and given the difficulty of finding needy people daily and because the value of the intended charity is small?
Can infertility be treated with charity (sadaqah)?
What is the ruling on a father not fulfilling his promise to his son to marry him off, and delaying his marriage under the pretext of finishing his installments and maintaining the two houses, knowing full well his son's desire to marry for fear of falling into sin? And is a father's going for Umrah and paying money to build mosques more deserving than helping his son marry, and what is the Islamic ruling on that?