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Resolution No.(273): "Ruling on Funds Donated to the Educational Endowment"

Date Added : 18-03-2019

Resolution No. (273)(6/2019), By The Board of Iftaa', Researches and Islamic Studies:

"Ruling on Funds Donated to the Educational Endowment"

Date: (30/ Jumādā al-Akhira/1440 AH), corresponding to (7/3/2019)

 

 

All perfect praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.

 

During its third session held on the above date, the Board reviewed the letter (No.2/3/2019 AH) sent to the Iftaa` Department from the counsellor of the Educational Endowment. In that letter, he pointed that the Endowment receives both in kind and cash donations, adding that some people stipulate that their donations be spent on maintaining schools while others on laboratories, desks, and other equipment. It is worth pointing that the main objective of the Endowment is building schools in favor of the Ministry of Education. What is the ruling of Sharia on this?

 

After deliberating, the Board arrived at the following decision:

 

Funds donated without defining the channel they should be spent in favor of are, in principle, endowed funds, because, basically, what is donated to an officially registered endowment must be spent in favor of the purpose for which it was established in the first place. Therefore, it is permissible that you accept and spend these donations in accordance with the rules of the endowment. This is along with ensuring schools` adherence to these rules and keeping them (schools) under constant supervision.

 

As for the funds for which the donor specifies a certain channel, they are to be spent as he stipulated, be that for maintenance, furniture, tools and the like. This is because the Sharia rule, in this regard, states: "The conditions set by the endower (Waqif) are as binding as the provisions of Sharia."

As for the wages of maintenance workers and consumed materials, it isn`t permissible to spend the money of the endowment on these alone. Rather, the endowment can allocate a fund for public charities and donations where it informs donors, upon making the donations, about the purpose for which that fund is established. This is in order for them (donors) to understand the difference between endowment and charity in general. Upon achieving that, there is no harm in spending the funds of public charity in favor of the various forms of maintenance. And Allah the Almighty Knows Best.

 

Chairperson of Iftaa` Board,

Grand Mufti of Jordan,

Dr. Mohammad Al-Khalayleh

Sheikh Abdulkareem AlKhasawneh/ Member

Sheikh Sa`eid Al-Hijjawi/ Member 

Prof. Abdullah Al-Fawaaz/ Member.

Dr. Muhammad Khair Al-Issa/ Member

Dr. Majid Al-Darawsheh/ Member

Prof. Adam Noah/ Member {have a reservation on the fourth standard}.

Judge. Khaled Al-Worikat/ Member 

Dr. Ahmad Al-Hasanat/ Member

Dr. Mohammad Al-Zou`bi/ Member

Dr. Rashaad Al-Kilani/Member

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Summarized Fatawaa

Is it permissible for a woman to wear underwear while performing Umrah?

Yes, it is permissible for a woman to wear underwear while performing Umrah. This is because she should keep her regular clothes that cover all her body while being in a state of Ihram (ritual consecration) for Hajj, or Umrah. However, she should uncover her face and hands, but it is permissible for her to let her head-covering garment drape from her head down over her face when non-Mahram (i.e., marriageable) men pass by her. And Allah Knows Best.

Is the one offering the sacrifice liable if its meat spoils?

Praise be to Allah, and prayers and peace be upon our Master the Messenger of Allah.
 
If the meat (of the sacrifice) spoils due to the negligence of the one offering the sacrifice in preserving it, or due to improper storage, then he is liable to compensate for the portion due to the poor (which is estimated as half a kilogram of meat). If the sacrifice was a vowed (mandatory) one, then he is liable for all of it.
 
However, if he was not negligent, then there is no liability upon him, because its ruling is the ruling of a trust (like an item left in someone's care). And Allah Almighty knows best.

How should the udhiyah be distributed?

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon our master, the Messenger of Allah.
 
It is obligatory to give the poor a portion of the meat from a voluntary sacrifice (Udhiyah al-Tatawwu’), which should not be less than approximately half a kilogram of raw meat. Other parts do not suffice for this obligation, such as the liver, tripe, or intestines.
It is Sunnah for the one offering the sacrifice to divide it into thirds: one-third for himself and his household to eat, one-third to be given as charity to the poor, and one-third to be given as a gift to friends and neighbors, even if they are wealthy. And Allah the Almighty knows best.

Is it recommended (mustaḥabb) for the one offering  a voluntary sacrifice (uḍḥiyyat taṭawwuʿ) to eat from its meat?

In the Name of Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon our Master, the Messenger of Allah.
 
It is highly recommended (Mustahabb) for the person offering a voluntary Udhiyah (sacrificial animal) to eat from its meat, but it is not an obligatory requirement (Wajib). Allah the Almighty says {what means}: "So eat of them and feed the needy who do not beg and the beggar. Thus have We subjected them to you that you may be grateful." (Al-Hajj/ 36)
 
"So eat of them": This directive is an encouraging recommendation, not a binding command.
 
The Qani’ (the needy who do not beg): Refers to a poor person who refrains from asking people for help out of dignity.
 
The Mu’tarr (the beggar): Refers to a poor person who explicitly asks others for assistance. And Allah the Almighty Knows Best.

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