What is better: [is it] to give zakaah to poor and needy relatives whom I am not financially responsible for, or that I give it to the poor and needy neighbour?
Category: Charity
Giving charity to a relative who does not pray
What is the ruling regarding giving charity to one who does not pray, bearing in mind he is a relative?
Giving charity on behalf of my mother
Sometimes I give charity with the intention it is on behalf of my mother, so if I told her about it, would it be considered as showing off?
Concealing the identity of the one giving charity
Is it permissible for me to lie to the one I give charity to, by saying this charity is not from me, but from someone else?
Do not give more than a third of your wealth in charity
She is a teacher, and loves engaging in acts of charity – and as such loves helping those in need.
Attaining genuine happiness
What is the appropriate treatment for [attaining] happiness, since I am living in extreme sadness; [please] guide me, and may you be rewarded?
Even if it were once during his lifetime
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen mentioned in his tafseer of Sooraah Aal ‘Imraan: Allaah تعالى said: {By no means shall you attain al-Birr (piety, righteousness – here it means Allaah’s reward, i.e.