What is the ruling on a woman who wants to give charity in the form of food on behalf of her deceased father?
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The questioner : She loves her husband, her father is deceased, and she wants to provide the value of...
The Shaykh : Do not say "deceased" (mutawaffa) in that form; the one who is deceased is Allah. Say "deceased" (mutawaffa) in the other form. This is a linguistic error, Jordanian style.
The questioner : Yes, my lord, I am Egyptian, not Jordanian. May Allah reward you with good. I am Egyptian.
The Shaykh : But the habit spreads, heh heh.
The questioner : Her father is deceased, and she wants to provide food on behalf of her father, meaning, and then the families who provide food for them.
The Shaykh : How does she provide on behalf of her father?
The questioner : She cooks food, meaning, for people, for families.
The Shaykh : You mean charity?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is it permissible?
The Shaykh : Of course, it is permissible.
The questioner : Even if the people are well-off and they receive food every day... money... our master.
The Shaykh : Money? No. If it is charity on behalf of her father, money, food, drink, or anything else, it is permissible. But if it is an expiation, is that clear?
The questioner : Clear, my lord.
The Shaykh: All right.
The Shaykh : Do not say "deceased" (mutawaffa) in that form; the one who is deceased is Allah. Say "deceased" (mutawaffa) in the other form. This is a linguistic error, Jordanian style.
The questioner : Yes, my lord, I am Egyptian, not Jordanian. May Allah reward you with good. I am Egyptian.
The Shaykh : But the habit spreads, heh heh.
The questioner : Her father is deceased, and she wants to provide food on behalf of her father, meaning, and then the families who provide food for them.
The Shaykh : How does she provide on behalf of her father?
The questioner : She cooks food, meaning, for people, for families.
The Shaykh : You mean charity?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is it permissible?
The Shaykh : Of course, it is permissible.
The questioner : Even if the people are well-off and they receive food every day... money... our master.
The Shaykh : Money? No. If it is charity on behalf of her father, money, food, drink, or anything else, it is permissible. But if it is an expiation, is that clear?
The questioner : Clear, my lord.
The Shaykh: All right.
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