Book Name:Madani Mashwara Markazi Majlis e Shura - January - 2015

Kābinah to Shura in particular and all the Zimmahdaran of Dawat-e-Islami in general should learn the necessary rulings of Waqf, employment and donation because (almost) all the Zimmahdaran have to come into contact with them.

Necessary rulings about donation

It is also compulsory for the one collecting donation to learn its necessary rulings.

(Questions and answers about donation, pp. 24)

 

Saying of Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـه: I request every Zimmahdar Islamic brother to guide the Islamic brother who is permitted to collect donation or sacrificial animal skins about Shar’i rulings. (ibid, pp. 24)

Sometimes the amount of several people which they pay for Zakah, Fitrah is spent in Ghayr-e-Masraf without making any Heelah such as on the construction of Masjid and Madrasah and the salaries of Imam, Mu`azzin and teachers, so if the real owners or their legal advisers are not found by any means or they have passed away and it is not possible to have access to the heirs, so in this case if he remembers the amount, he should distribute this amount of money among Fuqara (the poor) as charity and should repent & ask for mercy from

Allah Almighty عَزَّوَجَلَّ abundantly. In this way it is hoped that Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ may have mercy on him and he may be forgiven. Furthermore, if he does not remember the exact amount of money spent in Ghayr-e-Masraf and there is no way of getting correct information from any source then in such a case he should form an idea by guessing as to how much money he spent. Then the amount of money he thinks is correct should be distributed among the poor after adding some more money as a precaution to that money. (ibid, pp. 38)

If someone has mixed the money of Madrasah with his own money in such a way that the notes which look same are mixed together with the aim to spend it on Madrasah whenever it is needed, he will be a sinner. Because the money collected in donation if mixed with personal money in a way that makes it impossible to recognise the notes, is not permissible. Answering to a question A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said: A donation-collecting person has mixed the coins with his money in such a way that it becomes impossible to separate or distinguish them. Now the money that the donor has given will be lost and the donation-collection person will have to compensate. Because to mix someone else money in your own money is to ruin him and the one who ruins someone is like an usurper and usurpation leads to compensation. (Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 23, pp. 554)

To use the deposit of anyone, whether it is related to Masjid or not even considering it a loan is Harām and falls in the category of breach of trust. It is Fard to repent & ask for mercy but compensation is mandatory. If the same amount of money is returned, there will be no compensation, but the sin will not be forgiven unless he repents of it. (Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 16, pp. 489)

It is compulsory to return the donation which is left after the work has been completed to their donors with receipts or it can be spent on that work for which they now permit you to do so. It is Harām to spend money without their permission. However, if it is difficult to find them, then the money should be spent in similar type of work for which donation was collected. For instance, the donation was given for the construction of a Masjid, the Masjid has been constructed, so the remaining amount should also be spent on the construction of any other Masjid. It should not be spent on any work such as construction of