The Ruling on the Reward of a Non-Functioning Water Cooler
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Question:
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, I placed a public water cooler in front of the house to be a continuous charity from me for my parents (may Allah have mercy on them). It has been out of order for four months. The question is: Does the reward for my father and my mother stop during the past four months? Also, if I replace the water cooler with a new one, will the reward continue?
Answer:
And you did well in placing this water cooler with the intention that its reward be for your parents. But if it stops or becomes out of order, the reward stops, because the benefit stops. So if the benefit stops, the reward stops. If you want the reward to continue, repair the water cooler or buy a replacement so that the reward and the benefit continue. Yes.
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, I placed a public water cooler in front of the house to be a continuous charity from me for my parents (may Allah have mercy on them). It has been out of order for four months. The question is: Does the reward for my father and my mother stop during the past four months? Also, if I replace the water cooler with a new one, will the reward continue?
Answer:
And you did well in placing this water cooler with the intention that its reward be for your parents. But if it stops or becomes out of order, the reward stops, because the benefit stops. So if the benefit stops, the reward stops. If you want the reward to continue, repair the water cooler or buy a replacement so that the reward and the benefit continue. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/021 — archive.org (2:34)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.