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Resolution No. (314): "Ruling on Giving Zakah to Help Cover Treatment Expenses for the Poor"

Date Added : 13-07-2022

Resolution No.(314)By The Board of Iftaa', Researches and Islamic Studies:

"Ruling on Giving Zakah to Help Cover Treatment Expenses for the Poor"

Date (27 of Thilgidah, 1443 AH), corresponding to (27/6/2022 AD).

 

Praise be to Allah the Lord of the Worlds. May His peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Mohammad and upon all his family and companions.

In its ninth meeting held on the above date, the Board of Iftaa` reviewed the question about the ruling of Sharia on giving Zakah to help cover the treatment expenses for the poor and needy as well as their health and living expenses?

 

After thorough deliberations, the Board decided what follows:

 

Assisting the poor and needy, providing for their different needs, and relieving them from hardships are amongst the most beloved acts to Almighty Allah and the highest purposes of Sharia. This proves that the religion of Islam isn`t confined to the relationship between the servant and his/her Lord but also extends to social solidarity mercy to fellow humans. Almighty Allah Says {What means}: "So give what is due to kindred, the needy, and the wayfarer. That is best for those who seek the Countenance, of God, and it is they who will prosper." {Ar-Rum, 38}. Moreover, the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: “If anyone relieves a Muslim believer from one of the hardships of this worldly life, Allah will relieve him of one of the hardships of the Day of Resurrection. If anyone makes it easy for the one who is indebted to him (while finding it difficult to repay), Allah Will Make it easy for him in this worldly life and in the Hereafter, and if anyone conceals the faults of a Muslim, Allah Will Conceal his faults in this world and in the Hereafter. Allah Helps His slave as long as he helps his brother.” {Related by Muslim}.

 

Consequently, the Board of Iftaa`, Research and Islamic Studies recommends that the solvent help the poor, needy, and the afflicted through giving both voluntary and obligatory charities to the eligible recipients, which is embodied in covering expenses of surgeries, artificial organs, medications, rehabilitation and the like. This is because there is no reward for kindness except kindness itself. And Allah The Almighty Knows Best.

 

 

 

Grand Mufti of Jordan, Sheikh Abdulkareem Al-Khasawneh

Sheikh Sa`eid Hijjawi/ Member

Prof. Amjad Rasheed/ Member

Prof. Adam Nooh Al-Qhodah/ Member

Dr.Majid Darawsheh/ Member

Dr. Jameel Khatatbeh/ Member

Dr. Ahmad Al-Hasanat/ Member

Dr. Mohammad Younes al-Zou`bi/ Member

 

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Summarized Fatawaa

Is it valid to perform Tarawih prayer at home?

It is Sunnah for a Muslim to perform Tarawih prayer in congregation at the mosque.
However, if a person sometimes prays it at home in congregation with their family for a valid reason, there is no harm in doing so.

A person prays in a certain spot within the rows of the mosque, and gets angry if someone else prayed at his spot. What is the ruling on this behavior?

All Perfect Praise be to Allah The Lord of The Worlds and may His Peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all of his family and companions                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) make it prohibited for a Muslim from having/taking a certain spot in the mosque when performing prayers if they arrived and find it occupied, furthermore; it is the religious duty on others (praying people) to offer a piece of advice to alert the ones who don't know, that whoever reaches a spot first at the mosque having a priority/privilege upon others in that spot. And Allah Knows Best.

Is it permissible for a person to give the Zakah (obligatory charity) to his daughter-in-law?

Yes, it is permissible for a person to give the Zakah to his daughter-in-law if she was poor, and none provided for particularly by whom are obliged to provide for her. And Allah Knows Best.

Is it obligatory to have the intention for each day of fasting, or is one intention sufficient for the whole month?

The intention is obligatory for each day of Ramadan because each day is an independent act of worship separate from the others.
The intention must be made at night before the break of dawn, as the Prophetﷺ said: "Whoever does not intend fasting at night, there is no fast for him." [An-Nasa’i] 
And he also said: "Whoever does not firmly resolve to fast before dawn, there is no fast for him." [At-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawood, and An-Nasa’i]
Whoever wakes up and eats Suhoor while mindful of fasting has made the intention. Likewise, one who firmly intends at any moment during the night to fast the next day has also fulfilled the intention.

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