[Charitable organization]

Fatawa Question

Dear Sir Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullah. I hereby request you to give me your opinion regarding the following. We are living in Dubai and we have set up a charitable organization in our country in India to help the poor. This is a trust and it collects the funds from its members in UAE as well as in India and with those funds, we used to help poor people for their living aid, medicines ,educational scholarships etc. and also we build houses for the poor and recently set up a dialysis unit for the kidney patients. This dialysis unit is a subsidized one which is not a profitable institution. We will charge very nominal charges from those who are able to pay and are giving free to those who could not afford to pay. My question is : 1) Is it permissible for us to accept the interest income which the people are getting against their fixed deposits from the banks, for the above charitable things ? 2) Is it permissible for us to accept the Zakah for this trust as we are helping non-Muslims also ? (Majority of our beneficiaries are Muslims at the same time, we are not denying any deserved non Muslims.) Your immediate response will be highly appreciated. Thanks and regards, Farooque

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Publication Date

2012-07-16

Main Subjects

Financial and Accounting Sciences
Islamic Studies

Topics

• Islamic jurisprudence
• Dhimmies
• Alms tax
• Usury
• Charities

No. of Pages

2

Data Type

Fatawa

Language

English

Record ID

BIM-733465

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