Is the reward of charity decreased if I claim tax back on my charity?
Q: Spending on charity is tax deductible. Is the reward of charity decreased if I claim tax back on my charity?
Lillah and charity
Using money on one's family that one set aside for sadaqah
Q: If I allocate a certain amount of money every month for general sadaqah (poor, car guards, domestic etc.) then can I use from these monies sometimes for my kids or family if I run short or I need change etc.? As I understand that spending on ones family is also sadaqah? If I use from these monies for my family do I have to replace it?
Giving sadaqah to one's parents
Q: Is it permissible to give sadaqah to one's parents?
Slaughtering a goat and giving the meat to the poor or giving the value of the goat to the poor in sadaqah
Q: My mother suggested to slaughter a goat every year as sadaqah and we do so. Can we give the price of that goat to some needy people as sadaqah? Remember that she already mentioned goat.
Returning unused money to the donors
Q: A few month back I collected donations for my daughter's eye treatment. People kept sending money. Only one quarter of the collected amount was spent and the remaining amount is in my bank account. Is this money haraam for me?
Giving sadaqah to a madrasah for poor students
Q: Can sadaqah be given towards the feeding scheme of a madressa to revert kids who are deserving cases and come from impoverished surroundings?
Taking pictures of charity work
Q: What is the ruling of shariah with regards to taking pictures/videos of works of charity/welfare? Like digging a borehole, building masjids, food hampers, Qurbani, etc? Lot of Muslim organizations take pictures/videos of the charitable works done.
Giving clothes as sadaqatul jaariyah
Q: I would like to know if clothes or any other items can be given as sadaqatul jaariyah?
Placing a plaque with a short dua instead of the donor's name on a well
Q: There is great rewards in making sadqah in the form of wells. I wanted to know if on the well it is permissible to have a dua instead of the donors name. There are wells I've contributed towards, but charities insist on a donor's name. My intention was to make Allah pleased so I requested short duas on the plaques instead. So the benefactor remembers blessings. Is this permissible?
Giving something in sadaqah instead of throwing it away
Q: I was for Umrah in Madina and had around 15 atar bottles which I didn't like and thought of giving to someone instead of throwing them away. I found a street vendor and gave it to him. He also gave me one atar and miswak as part of gesture.
1. Is it ok to give from my side? Will I be rewarded?
2. Can I take it from him? I don't know his niyat of giving it to me, probably he mentioned this is from my side as you have given this to me.
3. Later, I gave both atar and miswak adding some money to a poor person. Is it correct?