Buying wheelchairs for a hospital with zakaat money
Q: Can Zakaat be discharged to buy wheel chairs and distribute in the hospital so disabled people can use those wheelchairs?
Q: Can Zakaat be discharged to buy wheel chairs and distribute in the hospital so disabled people can use those wheelchairs?
Q: A person who was doing Saee of Safa Marwa walking got hurt by a wheelchair,will the Saee be valid if he does the remaining Saee from where he left of sitting on a wheelchair? In the above situation the person was able to walk properly the next day, does he need to repeat the Saee walking? If the above scenario is regarding tawaf, what is the ruling?
Q: Is it permissible for a person who has agoraphobia and often has panic attacks to do tawaaf of the Ka'ba sitting in a wheelchair? Will the tawaaf be valid?
Q:
1. Zaid is unable to do 7 circuits Sai of Safa Marwa walking in one go due to sickness (arthritis) but is able to do half a circuit or one circuit daily. Is there any penalty if Zaid does 7 circuits of Sai in one go sitting on a wheelchair?
2. In the above situation Zaid did complete Sai of Safa Marwa sitting on a wheelchair last year is there any penalty?
3. If penalty is compulsory and Zaid goes for Umrah again this year, does Qadha of the Sai of Safa Marwa, will the penalty fall off?
Q: I am planning to go for umrah with my father who is elderly. He can walk slowly, but it would take extremely long time for him to perform the tawaafs and sa'ee walking, and he would have to stop many times to rest. Will it be permissible to take him in a wheelchair, even though he technically can walk, since this would be easier for him?