{"id":16229,"date":"2020-08-27T13:54:15","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T13:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=16229"},"modified":"2020-08-27T13:59:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T13:59:27","slug":"a-few-general-questions-about-sadaqah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/a-few-general-questions-about-sadaqah\/","title":{"rendered":"A Few General Questions about Sadaqah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 03991<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Answered by: Maulana&nbsp;Imran Mughal<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><a name=\"_Hlk523671027\"><u>Question:<\/u><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Is it alright to say that Sadaqah is divided into 2, first which is Waajibah, and second which is Naafilah?<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Zakat and Sadaqatul-Fitr fall in the first one and it is due to only the Fuqarah.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Second is any general giving, whether be it a hibah, gift, or spending on the family.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Also, the Prophet (peace be upon him) &nbsp;and his family is not allowed to receive Sadaqah Waajibah but are allowed to receive Sadaqah Naafilah?<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">(For the giver, it will be like giving a sadaqah Naafila, and the family of the Prophet (saw) will take it as hibah)<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span dir=\"RTL\">\u0628\u0650\u0633\u0652\u0645\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0651\u064e\u062d\u0652\u0645\u0646\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0651\u064e\u062d\u0650\u064a\u0652\u0645<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t<u><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/u>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong><u>Answer:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Sadaqah is a general term that means &ldquo;anything given with the hope of attaining reward from Allah.&rdquo;<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\" title=\"\">[1]<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Monetary Sadaqah can be categorized in three ways:<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Fard Sadaqah: This is what we commonly know as Zakat.<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Wajib Sadaqah: This is known as Sadaqatul-Fitr.<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Voluntary Sadaqah: This includes everything else.<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">With regards to the first two types, they can only be given to the eight recipients mentioned in the following verse of the Quran, &ldquo;Zakat expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed to collect [zakat] and for bringing hearts together [for Islam] and for freeing captives [or slaves] and for those in debt and for the cause of Allah and for the [stranded] traveler &#8211; an obligation [imposed] by Allah. And Allah is Knowing and Wise.&rdquo;<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\" title=\"\">[2]<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">The family of the Prophet (peace be upon him) can receive Sadaqah Naafilah.<a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\" title=\"\">[3]<\/a><a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Only All\u0101h Ta&rsquo;\u0101l\u0101 knows best<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Written by Maulana&nbsp; Imran Mughal<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">D\u0101rul Ift\u0101 Birmingham<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&nbsp;\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&nbsp;\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&nbsp;\n\t<\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" width=\"33%\" \/>\n<div id=\"ftn1\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\" title=\"\">[1]<\/a>Sharif Jurjani, <em>Al-Tareefaat<\/em>(Cairo: Dar al-Fadilah), 113.<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"ftn2\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\" title=\"\">[2]<\/a>Quran: 9:60.<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"ftn3\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\" title=\"\">[3]<\/a>Imam Marghaynani, <em>Al-Hidaya<\/em>(Karachi: Maktabah al-Bushra, 2014), 2:75.<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 03991 Answered by: Maulana&nbsp;Imran Mughal &nbsp; Question: Is it alright to say that Sadaqah is divided into 2, first which is Waajibah, and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16229"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16229"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16264,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16229\/revisions\/16264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}