The Ruling on Supplication When Distributing Charity
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Q: What about the people who gather at the charity intended to be distributed to them, place their hands on it, and one of them supplicates for the donor while the others say "Ameen" in loud voices?
A: This manner is not appropriate; because it is a religious innovation (bid'ah). However, supplicating for the donor without placing hands on the money given as charity, and without gathering to raise voices in the manner described, is prescribed (mashru'); based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan Abi Dawud 1672Sahih (Al-Albani) Narrated by Abu Dawud and al-Nasa'i with a sound chain of narration. And success is from Allah.
A: This manner is not appropriate; because it is a religious innovation (bid'ah). However, supplicating for the donor without placing hands on the money given as charity, and without gathering to raise voices in the manner described, is prescribed (mashru'); based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
and if anyone does you a kindness, recompense him; but if you have not the means to do so, pray for him until you feel that you have compensated him.
من صنع إليكم معروفًا فكافئوه فإن لم تجدوا ما تكافئونه فادعوا له حتى تروا أنكم قد كافأتموه
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