ANSWER: This is not a sin.  This is called a vow (nadhr) which is permissible but not recommended and one must fulfill this vow if they made it.

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ANSWER: This kind of vow (Nadhr) is not recommended. If you already made it, you must fulfill it.

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ANSWER: This is a vow and vows are not recommended in islam as one is obliging himself to do something Allah didn’t mandate upon him.

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ANSWER: It does not have to be cooked. If these charity organizations are trustworthy, giving to them is permissible, in Sha Allah as long as they will give it to 10 poor Muslims.  Also, it does not have to be all in one go. You can separate them.

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ANSWER: Feeding ten poor persons with the average kind of food that he feeds his family, by giving each person half a saa’ of the usual local staple, such as rice etc. This is equivalent to approximately one-and-a-half kilograms. If rice is usually eaten with some kind of sauce then along with the rice he […]

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