Mufti Menk – Ramadan 2022 – Boost #14 – Should Charity be Cash or Kind

			As salam o alaikum, Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh, my brothers and sisters in Ramadan, many people give
out their charities. The reason why they do it is because coinciding it with Ramadan where the
reward of good deeds is multiplied would actually mean that they're getting a greater reward for the
charity in Ramadan, So alhamdulillah it's a good thing. Now, the Zakat that is calculated many
people have a cutoff date, and then they calculate what they have and two and a half percent of it.
And mashallah, it's a beautiful way of calculating should you give the cash or should you give it in
hampers or should you give it in kind, what should you do? The reality is whatever is known as
		

			unfair Lilford kharab, whatever is more beneficial for the poor person is what you should try to
give out there is permissibility to give it out in cash, there is permissibility to give it out in
kind, but if you want to know which is better, you need to look at what's better for the poor
person. So if it is better, for example, to give them the cash, then so be it. But if it's better to
give them the hampers, or the food that they want and so on, then you'd rather do that when it comes
to soda cattle fitter it is best to give the food item itself that is the Sunnah of the Prophet
sallallahu wasallam. There are some scholars who say that you may give the money as well. However,
		

			some people say it's prohibited to give money you must give it in kind and some say it's prohibited
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			you know in kind you must give the cash. Both of those are actually not accurate. The reason is,
you've got to do whatever is beneficial for the poor person. Imagine 10 people giving someone's
account, they give them 10 big bags of rice. What will this poor person do with 10 big bags of rice,
he's going to sell them perhaps he has other needs. He might need clothing, he might need
medication, he might need something you don't know about he might have to pay a bill, he might have
something outstanding. So that's the reason why we say you've got to look into whatever is
beneficial for the poor person. Thereafter, you need to know that sometimes if there is a need
		

			outside of Ramadan, you can give you can give in advance and you can then deduct it from what you
have given in Ramadan, or your zakat amount you are allowed to give in advance. And then you say
look, this is part of my zakat, because there is a need there is an urgent desperately need right
now. And that is why at times people say look, I know there is a need but I'm waiting for Ramadan
because I want a greater reward. When there is a desperate need, Allah will reward you even greater
than you can imagine. Because to assist someone in desperate need is so rewarding beyond your
imagination. Allah will assist you at the time of your need in this world and in the hereafter. So I
		

			thought I'd mentioned one or two of these points in order to encourage the giving. Also remember
when the Zakat is given, it's a small percentage that is Allah's, it is the ownership of Allah
subhanho wa taala. But over and above that you must always give that which is voluntary, over and
above zakat, you give money from your own people call it Lila, you know for the sake of Allah I'm
giving, you may give anyone and everyone because zakat, you're only allowed to give certain
categories. But when it comes to the charities that are voluntary, you can give anyone anyone who
benefits from your wealth or the goodness that Allah has given you. That is something amazing.
		

			Imagine Allah has kept a pillar of Islam, reaching out to those who are in need, imagined the
benefit, they must be in this there is actually but I mean, for those who want to look at it that
way. If there was no benefit in it, they would never have been a pillar of Islam, giving, giving
those who don't have. So imagine if you were voluntarily helping those who don't have whatever it is
they don't have. Think of how good your connection with Allah will become. He wants you to care for
people so he's made a pillar of Islam, caring for others. May Allah Almighty grant us goodness and
open our doors and may Allah Almighty grant us the best of this world and the next acordo Leha are
		

			sal Allahu wa salam ala Nabina Muhammad