Charity

QUESTION: Is it permissible to donate in a masjid which is not ahle hadees. Like they are the ones who do Fatiha. Can we support them in construction of masjid and their madrasa and will we be rewarded? In which masjid we aren’t supposed to donate? Urgently we need the answer as a masjid needs our help.

29 Dec

ANSWER: It’s not permissible to donate to masjids or madrasahs of deviant aqeedah and innovations as this would be assisting and collaborating in their sins.

Whats the ruling on giving sadaqah with the intention for more than one person. Example I give sadaqah and have intention that the reward goes for me and family members and dead person

Charity

04 Aug

ANSWER: No problem in that however the reward will be divided amongst all the people intended for it.

Can a man or women give sadaqah money to parents and siblings?

Charity, Zakat

25 Jul

ANSWER: No problem in giving Sadaqah however, it is not permissible to give zakat to those who you are obliged to spend on, which is your parents. You can give zakat to your poor siblings if you won’t inherit them when they die.

My husband sets aside 5% of his income on monthly basis with the intention of charity. Can I use this money to offset debts and bearing other daily expenses of my brother or there is any specific category of people who deserve this charity?

Charity, Fiqh of Marriage

19 Jul

ANSWER: This is your husband’s money and it’s not permissible for you to give it to anyone without his permission. If he permits you to give it to the poor and your brother falls under this category, you may do so.

If we give charity to a family and later find out that the male of the family used that money to consume alcohol, What should we do?? Are we responsible for their sin because it was our given money??

Charity

18 May

ANSWER: If you were not aware of his intention prior to giving charity then you are not sinful. Next time, don’t give them cash but rather pay their bills or buy them food.

Can reciting from gifted quran give sawab to person who gifted it

Charity, Reading/Reciting the Quran

22 Dec

ANSWER: Yes.

Sheikh, sometimes we donate money to some Madrasa or Islamic School etc. understanding that these institutions are providing education, food, shelter to orphan students. We don’t feel the necessity to verify their actual condition, syllabus or Aqeedah etc. Is these an appropriate approach of donating? Or should we verify their actual conditions?

Charity, Knowledge & Propagation

27 Sep

ANSWER: You must definitely verify about their aqeedah before donating. It’s not permissible to donate to institutes that have corrupt aqeedah.

Can i use the meat that i thought to give in charity to poor but now i changed my mind and wanted to make something from that meat for myself, so it permissible to use it ?

Charity, Halal/Haram Matters

10 Aug

ANSWER: As long as you possess it and you didn’t promise anyone to give it to them, there is no problem in changing your intention.

I wanted to ask if buying raffles organised by charities are permissible, or by an organiser gives a high percentage (e.g. 80%) of money raised to charity. Or is this classed as gambling?

Charity, Halal/Haram Matters

08 Jun

ANSWER: If this person’s intention is to give to charity, he should do that without participating in dubious events and without mixing that with winning something as this is a way of gambling

Sheikh in our locality, there are many beggars who knock on our doors/cars. Sometimes we are reluctant to give because i believe it will only encourage them to continue such act and not look for a simple living that will give them their own source of income. Can you please enlighten us on how to deal with them?

Charity

20 Dec

ANSWER: You should not give to beggars as they are usually professional beggars and by giving money to them is like enabling them. If you have money, give it to your poor and needy relatives and friends & there are the Rohingya in Myanmar, the Syrian refugees in Jordan and turkey and there are dawah […]

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