Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Q&A Can I Give Charity to Non Muslim Organisations

			I think in terms of giving
charity, especially voluntary
		

			charity, then what comes first is
the one who's in most need.
		

			So generally, it's the one that
generally when you hear the
		

			guidance in terms of who you
should give charity to, it's
		

			generally about who's in most
need, which area is in most need.
		

			So that's what will, that's one
governing aspect. And then number
		

			two is close relatives. So the
closer your relatives and they're
		

			in need is better to give them
than to give somebody more
		

			distance. So based on that, you
can try to figure out who to give
		

			it to. What I would suggest,
though, is that at the end of the
		

			day, we as Muslims, if we start
saying that don't give anything to
		

			cancer research, then don't
Muslims get cancer. You know,
		

			don't Muslims have cancer, we have
cancer as well. Right? At the end
		

			of the day, the benefit of that
will any legitimate non Muslim
		

			charity that is working for the
benefit of humanity in general,
		

			then I believe we should give them
something because, according to
		

			the Hanafis
		

			they because of the Hadith that
says that Zakat is only for
		

			Muslims, right based on the hadith
of Morocco, the Allahu Anhu they
		

			say that otherwise we'd allows the
cut for anybody, but in Zakat is
		

			generally restricted to only
Muslims, but not for charity. And
		

			even so the counterfeiter can be
given to non Muslims. Right? So
		

			it's so the cattle feeder can be
given to poor non Muslims. So I
		

			would say that yes, you give your
mon your main charity to the poor
		

			Muslims of the air of the world,
because that is something you have
		

			to do. But I don't think we should
deprive the non Muslim charities
		

			especially if they're working for
humanity, because we're going to
		

			take benefit from that as well. I
lost my mother to cancer Rahim
		

			Allah, right? So at the end of the
day, you're going to get the
		

			benefit from their research that
they're going to do they have to
		

			be legitimate. You know, of
course, not every charity out
		

			there is legitimate. And the other
point I want to make just about
		

			direct debits is that what happens
with direct debit is again, it's
		

			that thing about doing something
out of routine, and then really
		

			doing it with your mind. Doing the
benefit of doing direct debit is
		

			at least you are doing a donation
every month. So it's going and
		

			it's accumulating even though you
you will forget about it. Right
		

			you will you're not going to look
at your balances every month. So
		

			if your money is just coming in
and 20 pound is going 30 pounds is
		

			going however if you can think
about it every month that okay,
		

			this month, this much has gone
that will be better off because
		

			then you're connecting yourself,
but at the same time it's very
		

			good to give a direct debit
because otherwise we'll forget to
		

			give every month anyway. So
inshallah we'll see the benefits
		

			of that in the hereafter.