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Paying Zakah on money collected for the purpose of medical treatment
My son is sick and I want to treat him. I work as an employee in a company. I collected money for him by saving from my salary. Moreover, the company sent me on a course for a month so I earned remuneration for this course. A lunar year elapsed on the money I collected and it reached the Nisaab (i.e. minimum amount liable to Zakaah). I obtained the.. More
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Does paying a monthly sum to an orphan constitute sponsoring him?
Does paying a monthly sum to some orphan children constitute sponsoring them?.. More
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He paid Zakah for the interests from a usurious bank
My wealth was deposited in a usurious bank. When I knew that this constitutes usury, I decided to withdraw it from the bank, get rid of the interest in charity and deposit the capital in an Islamic bank. What I want to ask about is: throughout the past ten years, I used to pay the Zakaah from my salary (which is lawfully earned) for the total value.. More
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Paying the wages of workers who are not needed from Zakah
I have a small factory for producing fabric that consists of 2 machines. Each one needs 2 workers; one for the morning shift and the other for the night shift which means a total of 4 workers. I was obliged to sell one of the machines hoping that, Allaah Willing, within 4 months I would buy another. The presence of 4 workers for only one machine constitutes.. More
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Zakah of a sum allocated to repaying debts
A person borrowed a sum of money from a bank to repay throughout a certain period. This person was able to collect the sum and he decided to pay back the loan before the appointed time its repayment is due. He is asking: Should he pay Zakaah for the sum he collected to repay the debt if a lunar year elapsed on it?
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Giving one's entire wealth in charity - a Sharee‘ah viewpoint
Is there a minimum limit for paying charity and participating in charitable projects? Also, is there a maximum limit for charitable deeds such as donating money? I posed this question because some people say that charity has a minimum and a maximum (for example Zakaah is the minimum and the third of one's wealth is the maximum according to the claim.. More
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Delaying paying the sums of Zakah received by charity organizations
May Allaah The Almighty Reward you with the best reward. We are a charity organization. We receive Zakaah of cash and Zakaah of different crops at different times (wheat, cotton, olive, pistachio, sweet potato, and so on). We also distribute them consecutively throughout the year so it is difficult to determine which sum of money was spent and which.. More
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The greatest charity and matters that maximize the reward of charity
Do we receive more rewards if the sum given in charity is greater or does this depend on the number of times we give charity? .. More
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Purchasing one's charity - A Sharee‘ah viewpoint
My sister gave in charity some clothes which she loved dearly. After a while, she wanted to take back these clothes from the woman who took them and give her money instead, knowing that the woman did not use the clothes, accepted the matter easily and was happier with the money. Is this permissible, or is it considered taking back one's donation? .. More
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Giving Zakah to orphan children of different religions
salam, Is it permissible to donate zakat money to organization whch takes of orphan children of different religions?
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Why the poor are given charity while it is the dirt of people
Assalamu Alaikum, According to hadiths, zakat is regarded as impure wealth and dirt of people. Hence the Prophet (pbuh) forbade for himself and his family. The anti-Islamists are making statement that if zakat is impure wealth and dirt of people, will not the poor people take it as an insult to them when they know that they are accepting something impure.. More
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Feeding your friend is not an obligation upon you
Salaams, I am a uni student and I have a friend who can no longer afford rent and food. He visits me daily and spends numerous nights and I dont have a problem with him sleeping over. However, I always have to share my meals and cook twice more than I would normally. Therefore, I would be spending almost double my grocery bill, which as a university.. More
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A sick died before collected donations were spent on him
We have collected money from many donors for treatment of our brother-in-law ( sister`s husband). our brother-in-law have died. Some money was spent, but some is in our hand. Can his widow wife use this money for herself and their only son aged 5? Note that he has left 5 years old son, parents, brothers and sisters.
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Giving regular charity to organization versus saving it at home for the needy
Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu First of all I would like to thank all of you at Islamweb for taking the time to answer to all our queries - big and small at all times. May Allah azza wajjal reward you all for your patience and hardwork. Ameen. As for my question , my husband.. More
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Give charity to yourself first and then to others
asalaamu caleeykum warahmatulaahi wabarakaat brother i had 2 aquestion but before that i request to you to answer questions directly and not direct to another fatwa my 1st question is bother i lived in non muslim country and my budget is very strict i mean i only got the money that supports me and i have no extra wealth. so it happened that friends.. More
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