Is it permissible to borrow from general charity to break the fast of a fasting person, and then, if some people donate afterwards, to return it to the general charity?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, some charitable committees send out a project for breaking the fast of the fasting person.
The Shaykh : What kind of project?
The questioner : Breaking the fast of the fasting person.
The Shaykh : Yes, I do.
The questioner : To Africa before Ramadan.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : From the general charity.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And they receive money from donors until the end of Ramadan. So, is this donor considered to have participated in this project?
The Shaykh : This donor, after the end of Ramadan, has donated to break the fast of the fasting person for the following year.
The questioner : The amounts are settled from the general charity during the days of Ramadan, knowing that the amounts were disbursed before Ramadan.
The Shaykh : So, does that mean they are borrowing for it?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : By Allah, I see that it is not permissible. But what is the need for them to borrow for it? General charity includes breaking the fast of the fasting person. So, let them spend from the general charity for breaking the fast of the fasting person, not as a loan, but as a valid channel for spending. Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh : What kind of project?
The questioner : Breaking the fast of the fasting person.
The Shaykh : Yes, I do.
The questioner : To Africa before Ramadan.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : From the general charity.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And they receive money from donors until the end of Ramadan. So, is this donor considered to have participated in this project?
The Shaykh : This donor, after the end of Ramadan, has donated to break the fast of the fasting person for the following year.
The questioner : The amounts are settled from the general charity during the days of Ramadan, knowing that the amounts were disbursed before Ramadan.
The Shaykh : So, does that mean they are borrowing for it?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : By Allah, I see that it is not permissible. But what is the need for them to borrow for it? General charity includes breaking the fast of the fasting person. So, let them spend from the general charity for breaking the fast of the fasting person, not as a loan, but as a valid channel for spending. Yes, that is correct.