In what circumstances is generosity blameworthy?
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Question:
When is generosity blameworthy?
Answer:
When it is in the wrong place, such as giving to one who uses it to aid in sins, or giving to fools who play with money, or generosity in places where it is not due; such as buying what Allah has forbidden, or wasting wealth.
Generosity is only in its proper place; for the needy, the poor, and the destitute, in establishing charitable projects, paying off the debts of debtors, spending wealth on jihad in the path of Allah, freeing slaves, and the like of what is praised in the Shari'ah.
When is generosity blameworthy?
Answer:
When it is in the wrong place, such as giving to one who uses it to aid in sins, or giving to fools who play with money, or generosity in places where it is not due; such as buying what Allah has forbidden, or wasting wealth.
Generosity is only in its proper place; for the needy, the poor, and the destitute, in establishing charitable projects, paying off the debts of debtors, spending wealth on jihad in the path of Allah, freeing slaves, and the like of what is praised in the Shari'ah.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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