A person tasked by a charitable center with collecting donations, where the center has specified the amount, is it permissible for him to exceed that specified amount?
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The questioner : A shaykh collects donations at his workplace and takes them to a charitable center at the same workplace, for a limited number of people listed on a sheet, and whatever is in excess.
The Shaykh : From people, what?
The questioner : A limited number of people.
The Shaykh : Meaning, those with little means.
The questioner : The number is specified on a sheet, and whatever exceeds that, he disposes of it by giving it to needy people he knows or who are there.
The Shaykh : Meaning, he collects donations for people.
The questioner : For people in this center.
The Shaykh : For people in the center.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He is not collecting from people.
The questioner : From people, I collect it.
The Shaykh : Look, is he collecting from people or collecting for people?
The questioner : No, I collect from people from the same...
The Shaykh : From your colleagues?
The questioner : Yes, for the charitable center.
The Shaykh : Fine.
The questioner : And their names are limited, and they are provided for monthly.
The Shaykh : In the charitable center.
The questioner : Yes, at the same workplace, and they are provided for monthly. I collect from them, and whatever exceeds these donations, I dispose of it by giving it to needy people I know.
The Shaykh : What are you collecting for?
The questioner : For the charitable center.
The Shaykh : If the charitable center were to receive millions, it would not be excessive for the charitable center; the charitable center can bear everything.
The questioner : They do not exceed the sheet I have.
The Shaykh : Meaning, as if the charitable center gives you a sheet and says: Collect this amount for us?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Is that so or not?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And you collect from your colleagues
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And it exceeds?
The questioner : It exceeds, yes.
The Shaykh : Well, do not take the excess at all. If you reach the limit set by the charitable center, for example, if they told you: We want ten thousand, collect ten thousand for us, may Allah reward you with good. You collected ten thousand from ten people. Do not take from the eleventh person at all. Stop.
The questioner : No, I don't take it, but is he a donor?
The Shaykh : Even if you donate, you are limited. You were told: Collect ten thousand for the charitable center. Do you understand or not?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : For example, you collect ten thousand from ten colleagues out of the twenty people you have. Do not take from the rest. Do you understand?
The questioner : But the field is open.
The Shaykh : O my dear one, you are now collecting not for donation in general, but for donation to a charitable center. You have collected what was required. What is the rest? What do you want to say to them? Do you want to say: I give you this sheet, I have a donation collection? If you say this, it means that you took it for the charitable center, and the charitable center is not in need in any case. If the charitable center specified a certain amount for you and you collected it from those around you, do not take more. Stop. This is the answer.
The questioner : But the charitable center did not specify it for me?
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, people, you are telling me: It was specified for me.
The questioner : I am personally limited in the sheet.
The Shaykh : Look, may Allah bless you. If the charitable center says: This sheet, collect the amount for us, and does not specify, collect, even if you collect one hundred thousand and give it to the charitable center, you do not dispose of it yourself. Give it to the charitable center. You have no right. And if they specified it for you and you reached the specified amount, do not exceed it. This is the answer.
The Shaykh : From people, what?
The questioner : A limited number of people.
The Shaykh : Meaning, those with little means.
The questioner : The number is specified on a sheet, and whatever exceeds that, he disposes of it by giving it to needy people he knows or who are there.
The Shaykh : Meaning, he collects donations for people.
The questioner : For people in this center.
The Shaykh : For people in the center.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He is not collecting from people.
The questioner : From people, I collect it.
The Shaykh : Look, is he collecting from people or collecting for people?
The questioner : No, I collect from people from the same...
The Shaykh : From your colleagues?
The questioner : Yes, for the charitable center.
The Shaykh : Fine.
The questioner : And their names are limited, and they are provided for monthly.
The Shaykh : In the charitable center.
The questioner : Yes, at the same workplace, and they are provided for monthly. I collect from them, and whatever exceeds these donations, I dispose of it by giving it to needy people I know.
The Shaykh : What are you collecting for?
The questioner : For the charitable center.
The Shaykh : If the charitable center were to receive millions, it would not be excessive for the charitable center; the charitable center can bear everything.
The questioner : They do not exceed the sheet I have.
The Shaykh : Meaning, as if the charitable center gives you a sheet and says: Collect this amount for us?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Is that so or not?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And you collect from your colleagues
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And it exceeds?
The questioner : It exceeds, yes.
The Shaykh : Well, do not take the excess at all. If you reach the limit set by the charitable center, for example, if they told you: We want ten thousand, collect ten thousand for us, may Allah reward you with good. You collected ten thousand from ten people. Do not take from the eleventh person at all. Stop.
The questioner : No, I don't take it, but is he a donor?
The Shaykh : Even if you donate, you are limited. You were told: Collect ten thousand for the charitable center. Do you understand or not?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : For example, you collect ten thousand from ten colleagues out of the twenty people you have. Do not take from the rest. Do you understand?
The questioner : But the field is open.
The Shaykh : O my dear one, you are now collecting not for donation in general, but for donation to a charitable center. You have collected what was required. What is the rest? What do you want to say to them? Do you want to say: I give you this sheet, I have a donation collection? If you say this, it means that you took it for the charitable center, and the charitable center is not in need in any case. If the charitable center specified a certain amount for you and you collected it from those around you, do not take more. Stop. This is the answer.
The questioner : But the charitable center did not specify it for me?
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, people, you are telling me: It was specified for me.
The questioner : I am personally limited in the sheet.
The Shaykh : Look, may Allah bless you. If the charitable center says: This sheet, collect the amount for us, and does not specify, collect, even if you collect one hundred thousand and give it to the charitable center, you do not dispose of it yourself. Give it to the charitable center. You have no right. And if they specified it for you and you reached the specified amount, do not exceed it. This is the answer.