There is a charitable committee to which some donors apply to build some mosques, and it deducts ten percent in exchange for its work on these projects and pays to
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The questioner : Your Eminence, we are a charitable committee, meaning donors come to us to build, for example, mosques and projects. Usually, we deduct ten percent from the value of each project. Some of them know about this matter, and others do not, but we are responsible for building these projects.
The Shaykh : But what is the ten percent in exchange for?
The questioner : In exchange for executing the project.
The Shaykh : As a wage, meaning.
The questioner : Yes, that is right.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed
The questioner : And the supervisors who oversee these projects take an amount of thirty dinars, i.e., approximately three hundred and sixty riyals daily, for their supervision in these countries. Is it permissible to deduct the ten percent? And is it permissible to take approximately three hundred and sixty riyals daily for supervision?
The Shaykh : As for estimating the supervision at three hundred and more, this is according to custom, but the donor must know that this charitable fund has associated costs that are deducted from the principal in the fund. This is necessary because many people think that all they have given is spent on the beneficiaries. Here, if you put up a sign, for example, at the entrance of the building, stating the expenditure: for example, ten percent is spent on the workers of the fund, and the rest on paths of good.
The questioner : Knowing, Shaykh, that we write a contract between us and the executor and give a copy to the donor, and we write at the bottom that if anything remains of the project, meaning a small amount, it will be charity for the cause. Some of the brothers there actually objected, saying: this is a matter that embarrasses the donor, or something like that. Is this matter permissible?
The Shaykh : No, there is no problem, and it does not embarrass him, or anything. This is what reassures him and lets him know that those in charge of the fund are trustworthy. If they had wanted, they could have taken it and said nothing. But if it is made clear by saying: we take ten out of a hundred for the benefit of the workers, the matter becomes clear and explicit.
The questioner : And the remainder?
The Shaykh : No, the remainder, ninety percent, is spent on works of good.
The questioner : I mean, after execution, sometimes a small amount remains, meaning some money remains, so we write in the contract that we, meaning, this will be the charity of the remainder.
The Shaykh : Does the fund now collect all the money?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, if someone comes with ten riyals, for example, it means ten percent is deducted from it, meaning nine riyals remain. This is added to the fund's money, which may reach millions. It means it is not possible for a small amount to remain. Did you understand?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Because the meaning is not that if a person comes with ten riyals, we spend that exact amount on a work? No, we put it in the fund, and the fund has a lot of money.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh. There is a bank.
The Shaykh : No, you are one of our students.
The student: Okay.
The Shaykh : No, the guests first, is that not so? The generous one presents the guest over himself. Perhaps the story of the Ansari who extinguished the lamp and let the guest eat, while he and his wife did not eat, has reached you. How?
The questioner : If he pronounces the two testimonies of faith.
The Shaykh : Ah.
The Shaykh : But what is the ten percent in exchange for?
The questioner : In exchange for executing the project.
The Shaykh : As a wage, meaning.
The questioner : Yes, that is right.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed
The questioner : And the supervisors who oversee these projects take an amount of thirty dinars, i.e., approximately three hundred and sixty riyals daily, for their supervision in these countries. Is it permissible to deduct the ten percent? And is it permissible to take approximately three hundred and sixty riyals daily for supervision?
The Shaykh : As for estimating the supervision at three hundred and more, this is according to custom, but the donor must know that this charitable fund has associated costs that are deducted from the principal in the fund. This is necessary because many people think that all they have given is spent on the beneficiaries. Here, if you put up a sign, for example, at the entrance of the building, stating the expenditure: for example, ten percent is spent on the workers of the fund, and the rest on paths of good.
The questioner : Knowing, Shaykh, that we write a contract between us and the executor and give a copy to the donor, and we write at the bottom that if anything remains of the project, meaning a small amount, it will be charity for the cause. Some of the brothers there actually objected, saying: this is a matter that embarrasses the donor, or something like that. Is this matter permissible?
The Shaykh : No, there is no problem, and it does not embarrass him, or anything. This is what reassures him and lets him know that those in charge of the fund are trustworthy. If they had wanted, they could have taken it and said nothing. But if it is made clear by saying: we take ten out of a hundred for the benefit of the workers, the matter becomes clear and explicit.
The questioner : And the remainder?
The Shaykh : No, the remainder, ninety percent, is spent on works of good.
The questioner : I mean, after execution, sometimes a small amount remains, meaning some money remains, so we write in the contract that we, meaning, this will be the charity of the remainder.
The Shaykh : Does the fund now collect all the money?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, if someone comes with ten riyals, for example, it means ten percent is deducted from it, meaning nine riyals remain. This is added to the fund's money, which may reach millions. It means it is not possible for a small amount to remain. Did you understand?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Because the meaning is not that if a person comes with ten riyals, we spend that exact amount on a work? No, we put it in the fund, and the fund has a lot of money.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh. There is a bank.
The Shaykh : No, you are one of our students.
The student: Okay.
The Shaykh : No, the guests first, is that not so? The generous one presents the guest over himself. Perhaps the story of the Ansari who extinguished the lamp and let the guest eat, while he and his wife did not eat, has reached you. How?
The questioner : If he pronounces the two testimonies of faith.
The Shaykh : Ah.