Wasting food and helping people

Submitted by user2 on Tue, 2020-08-18 08:31

Q:

1. Is it permissible to throw +/- 10 tons of wheat and rice in the middle of the sea from a boat as food for sea creatures, even though we know that a vast majority of humans are hungry. What does Islām say?

2. I heared a Hadith saying that a person has to fulfill the needs of other persons,

My question is that, how to avoid and discourage people from asking or does one have to fulfill their requirements?

A:

1. Wastage of food is a great wrong especially when there is so much need, poverty and starvation. Those who waste are the brothers of shaytaan according to the Quraan.

2. Do how much you can manage.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

Category:

Zakaat›Lillah and charity

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