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