Using lillah for personal use and doing a transfer into the lillah account and using lillah to pay for bank charges

3 years ago By user2

Q: We have 3 bank accounts from the same bank. One is personal, one is lillah and the other is Zakaat. We use these via the banking app on the phone.

1. Many times, we receive cash lillah donations for which there is no immediate use. Depositing those funds into the account will cost high deposit fees. Can we use that for personal use and then do internal transfer from our personal account to the lillah account? Or is it compulsory to deposit and pay the deposit fees? Who should incur that fee? Donors give any amount like R500 or R2000 or R3000 in cash for general or sometimes specific needs. The deposit fee will then be deducted according to the amount. Who must bear that fee. The internal transfer is primarily meant to save those costs.

2. All 3 accounts incur monthly interest. Withdrawing those interest funds is a cost. Even transferring them via eft is a cost though much less. Can we remove those interest amounts from cash on hand? Again, this is to save lillah and Zakaat funds.

3. When transferring Zakaat to a recipient via eft, there is a bank charge that comes off the Zakaat account. How should this be done or who should bear this cost?

Imaam renting out a waqf house and earning a rental from it

3 years ago By user2

Q: The trustees of a certain masjid allowed the imaam to reside in a house which is owned by the masjid waqf trust. However, instead of the imaam residing in the house, he rented out the house to a third person thereby receiving a monthly rental.

Was the imaam allowed to do this? If not, then what should be done with the rent that was received? Is it permissible for the trustees to allow the imaam to keep the rent?

Removing thoughts that one's duas are not being accepted

3 years ago By user2

Q: I am very sad, worried, depressed and lost. I'm doing everything to please Allah but nothing is working out in my life.

I read 125000 times ayate kareema alone in almost 4 months only asing Allah to wipe off my sins and also give shifa from those diseases which came through my sins. I'm badly affected by impotency, premature ejaculation and everything.

I am daily reading minimum 1500 times astagfirullah,
100 times 7 powerful ayat from Quran i.e. La ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu minnazAlimeen.
Subhannallahi wabi hamdihi subhanallahil azeem
And other 5 known and powerful ayats.
And also min 500 durood shareef

I'm reading this for last 5 year wihout skipping a single day. I'm honestly reading this for Allah forginess and also to get shifa for my many diseases. I am now becoming hope less and don't see any future for myself. Please advise what I'm missing or doing that Allah is not even listening.

Reciting a Shaadh Qiraat

3 years ago By user5

Q: Based on the following Hadith, how should we recite the third verse in Surah Layl?

عن علقمة قال: قدمت الشأم فصليت ركعتين ثم قلت: اللهم يسر لي جليسا صالحا فأتيت قوما فجلست إليهم فإذا شيخ قد جاء حتى جلس إلى جنبي قلت: من هذا؟ قالوا: أبو الدرداء فقلت: إني دعوت الله أن ييسر لي جليسا صالحا فيسرك لي قال: ممن أنت؟ قلت من أهل الكوفة قال: أوليس عندكم ابن أم عبد صاحب النعلين والوساد والمطهرة وفيكم الذي أجاره الله من الشيطان يعني على لسان نبيه صلى الله عليه وسلم أوليس فيكم صاحب سر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم الذي لا يعلمه أحد غيره ثم قال: كيف يقرأ عبد الله: والليل إذا يغشى؟ فقرأت عليه: والليل إذا يغشى والنهار إذا تجلى والذكر والأنثى قال: والله لقد أقرأنيها رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من فيه إلى في (صحيح البخاري، الرقم: 3742)

Purchasing products that have a cross

3 years ago By user2

Q: As we have to buy products like sunscreens and medicine even from the non Muslims (if the ingredients are halaal), they sometimes put crosses on the packaging.For instance, a sunscreen package may have a cross, the same goes for some medicines or patches.

Is it considered haraam for us to buy such medicine or sunscreens if the packaging has a cross? 

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