Voluntary charity for one who does not possess wealth
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. She says about herself: I am a young woman and I have not yet married, and I have no job. My parents and my brothers provide for me. I wish to draw near to Allah through charity. Is zakah obligatory on me? And is it permissible for me to take money, whether my father knows or does not know, or my mother knows or does not know, and give it as charity? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Zakah is not obligatory except on one who possesses wealth that reaches the nisab (the minimum threshold for zakah) and a lunar year has passed over it, and this wealth is of the types in which zakah is obligatory. So zakah has conditions. As for voluntary charity, if you are able to give some money as charity, that is good. But if you have nothing, do not take from your father’s money or your mother’s money except with their permission. If they give permission, there is nothing wrong with it. If they do not give permission, do not take and give charity, because this is money taken without the owner’s consent and permission. So the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan ad-Daraqutni 13:78 does not apply, as it must be from a pure source. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. She says about herself: I am a young woman and I have not yet married, and I have no job. My parents and my brothers provide for me. I wish to draw near to Allah through charity. Is zakah obligatory on me? And is it permissible for me to take money, whether my father knows or does not know, or my mother knows or does not know, and give it as charity? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Zakah is not obligatory except on one who possesses wealth that reaches the nisab (the minimum threshold for zakah) and a lunar year has passed over it, and this wealth is of the types in which zakah is obligatory. So zakah has conditions. As for voluntary charity, if you are able to give some money as charity, that is good. But if you have nothing, do not take from your father’s money or your mother’s money except with their permission. If they give permission, there is nothing wrong with it. If they do not give permission, do not take and give charity, because this is money taken without the owner’s consent and permission. So the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
The wealth of a Muslim man is not lawful except
لا يحل مال امرئ مسلم إلا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5013- صدقة تطوع لمن لا يملك المال - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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