Ruling on sending the fast-breaker’s meal from general charity and then settling it afterwards
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His Eminence the Shaykh: Some charitable committees send the project of feeding the fasting person to Africa before Ramadan from general charity, and they receive donations from donors until the end of Ramadan. Does this mean the donor has participated in this project?
This donor, after the end of Ramadan, has donated for feeding the fasting person in the coming year.
The questioner: The amounts are settled from general charity during the days of Ramadan, knowing that the amounts were disbursed before Ramadan.
The Shaykh: Does this mean that they are borrowing it for them?The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: I see that it is not permissible. There is no need for them to borrow it for them?! General charity includes feeding the fasting person, so let them disburse from general charity for feeding the fasting person, not as a loan, but as a valid channel of expenditure to which disbursement is permissible.
This donor, after the end of Ramadan, has donated for feeding the fasting person in the coming year.
The questioner: The amounts are settled from general charity during the days of Ramadan, knowing that the amounts were disbursed before Ramadan.
The Shaykh: Does this mean that they are borrowing it for them?The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: I see that it is not permissible. There is no need for them to borrow it for them?! General charity includes feeding the fasting person, so let them disburse from general charity for feeding the fasting person, not as a loan, but as a valid channel of expenditure to which disbursement is permissible.