Charity

I feel distressed these days. Small charities are not helping. I want to give away large lumpsum amount specially for my lord to forgive me and my deceased father and wipe away my sins and grant me peace and contentment. What is the best way to give charity? Being a woman its difficult to go out and distribute it among needy people. Can you put light on the subject of charity please.

28 Feb

ANSWER: The field of charity is an endless ocean as the sky is the limit. You can give money to charity organizations to dig water wells or to feed refugees and shelter them. You can help spread Islam and awareness of it through Islamic tv channels and websites. You can sponsor Quran institutions and schools. […]

Can I give in charity some of the money my husband gives me, without his knowledge?

Charity, Fiqh of Marriage

24 Feb

ANSWER: If what he is giving you is your own pocket money, this is yours and you can do with it whatever pleases you. But if he gives you this money for household stuff and groceries, you are not allowed to use a penny of it without his permission.

I have a question my teacher said it is sunnah to donate blood to a person is it true?

Charity, Medicine and medical treatments

23 Feb

ANSWER: This is not true as at the time of the Prophet salla Allahu Alaihi wa Sallam they didn’t have blood transfusion! However, it is a charitable work and one is rewarded for it.

I just donated for damn that is being held in pakistan. I want to know will this be considered as charity? As I wanted to donate in the name of God

Charity

21 Feb

ANSWER: If you mean the dam project then this is charity in sha Allah, however you must not give from your zakat.

Sheikh on your twitter someone asked who will get the reward of building a mosque when someone builds the mosque with the intention that the deceased parents get the reward and he names the mosque after them and you said only the parents get the reward. Why? Why doesnt the one who builds it also get a reward?

Charity, Funerals

29 Jan

ANSWER: Because this intention was to make the reward for the parents. If his intention is to share it with them, this would be like building half a masjid for him and the other half is for them.

Is it allowed to give charity to Non Muslims?

Charity

26 Jan

ANSWER: It is permissible to give them from your voluntary charity, however the first preference must always be to help our poor Muslim brothers and sisters.

I heard form some scholar that having goat slauthered as Sadaqa & giving its meat to poor is not allowed except for Haj / Eid al ahha and child haqiqa. Kindly guide me on this topic. Is it ok or a bidut?

Charity, Slaughtering

21 Jan

ANSWER: No problem in slaughtering an animal and distributing it’s meat for charity.

My question is very old lady who comes every Thursday to our house for begging food or anything to eat so I give her without my parents knowing is that call sadaqah and will I be rewarded for that and my parents too because the lady is not a Muslim Or I am a sinner for not telling my parents that I’m giving food without them knowing.

Charity, Fiqh of the family

13 Jan

ANSWER: As long as this is your father’s house, you need to ask his permission first unless you are certain that he wouldn’t mind.

I wanted to do hijama as it’s a sunnah. I consulted a doctor he advised me to donate blood instead. He said while performing hijama the blood goes to waste whereas if you donate blood it will benefit and considered as sadqa. Please advise.

Charity, Medicine and medical treatments

29 Oct

ANSWER: Hijama and donating blood are two different things! Even the characteristics of the blood is different. The healing comes from hijama mainly. However, donating blood is a charitable task.

Most of a man’s monthly income is paid for running his family, feeding parents and house rent. Do all of these are counted as charity if he seeks Allaah’s pleasure and acceptance?

Charity

16 Oct

ANSWER: Yes, all of these are considered charity.

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