QUESTION: Can voluntary donations replace the obligation of Zakat, meaning that one does not have to pay Zakat if they give enough in voluntary charity?

Charity, Zakat
04 Apr

ANSWER: Can one offer voluntary prayers and intend that it takes the place of Fard prayers?

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QUESTION: Is it permissible to give interest money to a care home for kidney and leukemia patients they also conduct iftar and i have gone for their iftar

Charity, Riba
03 Apr

ANSWER: No problem but you shouldn’t eat from that which you have given. 

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QUESTION: If I give charity to poor muslims for the purpose of asking Allah to heal my wife’s illness, can I pay that charity from my zakat money, or must that be sadaqa in addition to my zakat because I am asking for help.

Charity, Halal/Haram Matters
05 Mar

ANSWER: No problem in asking Allah while giving your zakat money. However, it would be more effective if you were to give charity that is not mandatory upon you to give. 

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QUESTION: Can i give the interest money to poor non-muslims in order to cleanse my wealth?

Charity, Riba
13 Feb

ANSWER: No problem  However, our poor Muslim brothers & sisters have rights upon us to take care of them first.

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QUESTION: Is it permissible to give sadaqa from the money that my parents give me? I don’t earn it myself

Charity
29 Jan

ANSWER: No problem

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QUESTION: My husband gives sadqa (charity) from his salary not only for his parents, wife, and children but also for all his sisters’ children. However, this leaves him with insufficient money to run our household. Is this correct according to Islam? Please explain with reference to the Quran and Hadith.

Charity, Fiqh of Marriage, Kind Treatment of Spouses
03 Dec

ANSWER: No, he is accountable for providing for his wife and children as his priority and is sinful for neglecting them He should first fulfill obligations, then give extra charity if he can.

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QUESTION: If I give sadaqah as a father, do my wife and child automatically benefit from it as well? Or does my intention have to be that it is in the name of my family?

Charity, Fiqh of the family
04 Nov

ANSWER: Prior intention is mandatory.

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QUESTION: Sheikh, is it more virtuous to pay for someone to go for umrah or to feed the poor?

Charity, Hajj and Umrah
24 Oct

ANSWER: Feeding the poor.

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QUESTION: A brother is collecting money to another brother from Gambia who wants to buy a donkey and a cart so that he in shaa Allah can provide his family. He (i.e the collector) has some haram money and wants to put it into the money that has alhamdullilah been collected. Is this action halal

Charity
12 Oct

ANSWER: What do you mean by haram money? If its stolen money then he must return it back to its lawful owner but if its riba money or the like, he can contribute to help the brother.

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QUESTION: I have a family (mother, wife, and a young daughter), and my salary is moderate. I often struggle financially by month’s end. I give sadaqa monthly but feel it’s too little. Is there a recommended amount for sadaqa?

Charity, Fiqh of the family, Kind Treatment of Spouses
28 Sep

ANSWER: No. Providing for your family is a sadaqa by itself.

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