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  • Zakah on a gift of gold for wife and minor children

    Can a Father buy a gold 1. For his 3 years old son around 60 gms, thinking that he will use this gold on his education when he grows up. 2. For his 5 years old daughter around 60 gms, thinking that he will use this gold during daughter marriage. 3. For his wife around 80 gms of gold only. Does the father has to pay Zakat on any of the three above ??.. More

  • A manager of orphanage is not allowed to eat from the charity given to the orphans

    khaid works at charitable trust which conduct many residential madrasa for the poor and orphanage, so he appointed with honorarium of 5000rs included food and accommodation. he pays for this 500rs per month separately. now if animal of sadqah and any other stuff of zakat and sadqah cooked at madrsa for children. will he can eat of this food or not? .. More

  • Improvement of the state of the poor before receiving Zakah

    There is a family that needed the money of Zakaah but before the money reached it, its state had improved. Is it lawful for this family to use the money that reached it late?.. More

  • Rules of giving charity to disbelievers

    If I give a Christian a sum of money because he is so needy and lonely and wants to travel to his country, is this permissible or forbidden?.. More

  • He gave charity to someone but the latter did not accept it

    My brotherin-law suffered a financial crisis three years ago so I sent him a sum of money. I do not remember whether this sum was from Zakaah or charity at that time. Now, he wants to return this money and he insists on this. I do not know why he is so insistent as he left this money for me with a friend after I refused to take it from him. Now, I need.. More

  • Ruling on using the money of charities then returning it

    I collect money from the people for the foundation in which I work to spend on students in the requirements of education. Currently, we are not using this money as it is saved until we need it. Is it permissible for me to use it then return it?.. More

  • Paying Zakah to charity projects - a humanitarian Sharee‘ah viewpoint

    Is it true that some scholars issued Fataawa that hold it impermissible to pay Zakaah to humanitarian organizations that treat patients and provide them with medicines and medical requirements for blood diseases and cancer especially if the state is incapable of fulfilling this need as the case here in Iraq now?.. More

  • Is it permissible to give used clothes in charity?

    Some days ago, I asked one of the people of good deeds to guide me to a poor family because I have some used clothes and I want to give them in charity instead of throwing them away. However, he said to me: "This is inappropriate. If you want to givecharity, you should give the clothes you wear in charity." He recited the verse in which Allaah The Almighty.. More

  • Giving charity is better than lending

    How does the great Sharee‘ah organize the relationship between the lender and the borrower (I mean with regards to individuals not entities)? I noticed that some brothers borrow money frequently –I try to prohibit them – and they say that the dirham of a loan is better than that of charity. Is that true? Is it better for me to lend a person than.. More

  • Associating oneself with others in the reward of charity after giving it

    A man offered ongoing charity for a deceased person. After a while, hoping for the reward, he said to himself that this charity is for himself as well. Is this intention valid? Is the deed accepted? Please advise... More

  • Eating from Zakah after giving it to those who deserve it

    I have a sum of money and I pay Zakaah for it every year. The question is: May I give the family of my wife a portion of the Zakaah as they deserve it? In this case, if they take from me the money and own it, what is the ruling if they invite me to a meal which they bought from the Zakaah I paid them? If I eat from this food, does this mean that I have.. More

  • Should Zakah be paid for bank deposits pledged as loan collateral?

    I have deposits in the banks that yield annual revenue. I borrowed a secured loan against these deposits to buy and furnish a house. I still pay the installments of these debts. Should I pay Zakaah for these deposits? If yes, what is the rate of Zakaah? .. More

  • Permissibility of the charity dish

    I would like to ask about the permissibility of the charity dish. That is to say, a group of people participate in cooking some food and selling it to people for a price which may be a little bit more expensive so that the revenue goes to the needy and those affected by earthquakes and the like. Is the intention sincere for the sake of Allaah The Almighty.. More

  • Trade partnership does not affect Zakah

    May Allaah The Almighty Reward you. My question is related to Zakaah. My brother and I live abroad. We have a sum of money upon which a lunar year has elapsed, knowing that we have brothers in our country who are our partners. A debt is due from all of us which we have not yet repaid. Should I and my brother who lives abroad pay Zakaah for the sum.. More

  • Zakah on the money of a minor held by the probate court

    My wife is a guardian of her minor children from her late husband and theirs is money held by the probate court and cannot be disposed of until they are twenty-one years of age. Is Zakaah due on this money? If so, the mother could not persuade the probate court officials to hand over the due amount to her out of the held money so that she can pay it.. More