Some of the brothers established an association to collect the alms of Fitr from people and give them coupons that have a financial basis.
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The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : How is your health, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : By Allah, I am well. Bring it so we can see.
The questioner : Returning to our question that we asked you before sunset.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : O our Shaykh, the brothers, as I told you, have an association, and they receive the alms of Fitr, and they receive them in huge numbers. So they keep them; they give, for example, the man who gives charity a coupon, and the basis of the coupon is with them. They take a dinar from him and give him a coupon, so the basis of this coupon they gave is with them, like the stubs of checks! Then they go back and cash them and distribute them, in order to preserve them, because they go around to the people, meaning they do not have them [on hand], and they give these ledgers to more than one party, from more than one brother.
The Shaykh : So it is just a means to collect money?!
The questioner : Yes, yes, a means to collect money and facilitate things only.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : And they do not have their records!
The Shaykh : What is the question now?
The questioner : The question is: What is your opinion of this method?
The Shaykh : This method: If the association actually does what it was entrusted with, which is distributing the alms at the prescribed time, namely before the prayer of the festival, or on the night of the festival, as our brother Abu Malik and others like him do, our brother Abu Abdullah,
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : and so on, then there is no problem with it.
The questioner : There is no problem with it.
The Shaykh : But if they do as some other associations do, from the beginning of Ramadan, distributing these alms in the middle of Ramadan, then this is not permissible.
The questioner : No, O our Shaykh, they are, as you mentioned, careful to follow the Sunnah, and they are among our brothers, meaning those who please you and are your students.
The Shaykh : The answer is what you heard.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The questioner : Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : How is your health, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : By Allah, I am well. Bring it so we can see.
The questioner : Returning to our question that we asked you before sunset.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : O our Shaykh, the brothers, as I told you, have an association, and they receive the alms of Fitr, and they receive them in huge numbers. So they keep them; they give, for example, the man who gives charity a coupon, and the basis of the coupon is with them. They take a dinar from him and give him a coupon, so the basis of this coupon they gave is with them, like the stubs of checks! Then they go back and cash them and distribute them, in order to preserve them, because they go around to the people, meaning they do not have them [on hand], and they give these ledgers to more than one party, from more than one brother.
The Shaykh : So it is just a means to collect money?!
The questioner : Yes, yes, a means to collect money and facilitate things only.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : And they do not have their records!
The Shaykh : What is the question now?
The questioner : The question is: What is your opinion of this method?
The Shaykh : This method: If the association actually does what it was entrusted with, which is distributing the alms at the prescribed time, namely before the prayer of the festival, or on the night of the festival, as our brother Abu Malik and others like him do, our brother Abu Abdullah,
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : and so on, then there is no problem with it.
The questioner : There is no problem with it.
The Shaykh : But if they do as some other associations do, from the beginning of Ramadan, distributing these alms in the middle of Ramadan, then this is not permissible.
The questioner : No, O our Shaykh, they are, as you mentioned, careful to follow the Sunnah, and they are among our brothers, meaning those who please you and are your students.
The Shaykh : The answer is what you heard.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
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