Giving expired food to the poor and servants
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some people, when the shelf life of food expires, give it to the poor, or to the driver, or the maid. Is this action permissible for him?
Answer:
[Ali 'Imran 3:92] [Al-Baqarah 2:267] meaning the bad [Al-Baqarah 2:267] so he does not give in charity or spend except with something good. Indeed, Allah is Good and accepts nothing but what is good. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some people, when the shelf life of food expires, give it to the poor, or to the driver, or the maid. Is this action permissible for him?
Answer:
Never will you attain the good [reward] until you spend [in the way of Allah] from that which you love.
لَن تَنَالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتَّىٰ تُنفِقُوا مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَAnd do not aim toward the defective
وَلَا تَيَمَّمُوا الْخَبِيثَspending [from that] while you would not take it [yourself] except with closed eyes. And know that Allah is Free of need and Praiseworthy.
مِنْهُ تُنفِقُونَ وَلَسْتُم بِآخِذِيهِ إِلَّا أَن تُغْمِضُوا فِيهِ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ حَمِيدٌ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن مكايده التي بلغ فيها مراده : مكيدة التحليل — islamhouse.com (56:54)
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