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Charity - Where to Give
October 27, 2007 on 9:28 am | In Gems, Islam, Tazkiyyah| By Student of Knowledge
"I have already donated enough to masajids. I want to help the needy, poor, orphans and widows. Its so hard to find these people here in the west. Back home, it was so easy." This is the typical problem that many of us face.
So if you are wondering, how and where should I spend my charity, follow these six steps:
- Niyah Check:
- Plan plan and plan:
- Where will you spend:
- Plan out the proportion:
- Research:
- Automatic Payments:
Make sure that you are only doing it for Allah, not to please anyone else or get praised! Remember "The deeds are considered by the intentions, and a person will get the reward according to his intention" [Bhukari and Muslim]
You need to plan how much you are going to spend in charity. How frequent would your contributions be? For example you may decide that you will spend 5% of your income every month. Remember the Prophet(صلي الله عليه وسلم) was asked: "Which deed is most beloved to Allaah?" He said, "The one that is continuous, even if it is little." [Bukhari]
Write down the categories of organizations that you want to donate to. For example: masajid, educational institutes, orphans, poor and needy etc.
How much are you going to donate for each category. For example, you might decide that I will donate 20% to masajids, 50% to support poor and needy and the rest 30% to support educational institutes.
Its time to research the organizations. To make it easy, I have compiled a list of various charitable organizations. What's great about this website is that you can edit the page and contribute more websites to the list (simply click edit button in bottom right)
Look into setting up automatic monthly payments. This way you will not have to worry about donations every now and then. A great way to give Shaytan a black eye!
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Jazakum Allahu khayran. I suggest that a group of brothers/sisters get together and they split up the amount to sponsor an orphan for a year. With Islamic Relief, the minimum amount is $396, so for example if 12 ppl pay $33, inshaAllah you’ve covered a child for a whole year! Indeed it is easy to give for the sake of Allah ta’ala.
“Shaytan threatens you with poverty and orders you to commit Fahsha; whereas Allah promises you Forgiveness from Himself and Bounty, and Allah is All-Sufficient for His creatures needs, All-Knower.” (2:268)
Comment by AmatulWadood — November 29, 2007 #