Do we accept zakah contributions.
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Alaikum warahamthullahi wabarakathuhu
By Allah, I am very much pleased with the contents in your website and also the
Q&A is very informative to get any doubts clarified with in very less time.
To make myself a part of it, I would like to contribute amount as zakah, is
this permissible. If Yes, I am in
JazakAllah Khair
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Answer:
Do we accept zakah
contributions
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
May Allah Subhanah reward you with the best of this world
and the Hereafter for your kind comments of encouragement for our humble
efforts in the propagation of the Truth.
If our humble and modest efforts have helped even one brother or sister
get closer to Allah and His Deen of Truth, then we would consider ourselves
indeed fortunate to have been given this opportunity by the Lord Most Merciful
to serve in His Cause. We hope, beg, and
pray the Merciful Lord accepts our humble and weak efforts, forgives us our
shortcomings, and saves you, us, and all the believers from the torment of the
Hell Fire. Ameen.
Your
Question: To make myself a part of it, I would like to contribute amount as
zakah, is this permissible.
If Yes, I am in
May Allah Subhanah
accept your good intentions, and increase you with good in this world and the
Hereafter.
Beloved brother, although the moderating of this humble
forum requires a lot of time and effort on the part of the brother volunteers,
the honest truth is that it does not require a lot of funds……and with the Mercy
and Grace of Allah Subhanah the brothers and sisters who volunteer their time
and their efforts in moderating this forum are able to fulfill the small
financial cost which is needed to keep the website in motion.
As much as we appreciate your noble gesture brother, it is
the policy of the brother volunteers who moderate this humble forum never to
accept even an iota of material gain or any worldly benefit for themselves for
their efforts; the sustenance provided by our Lord Most Bounteous is more than
sufficient for us, and it is in Him and Him Alone from Whom we seek our
rewards. In utter and absolute humility
and fear, we hope that our Lord Most Gracious will accept our humble striving
in His Cause, forgive us our severe and several shortcomings in the striving,
bestow His Mercy upon us and overlook our sins, and save you, us, and all the
believers from those unbearable and everlasting clutches of the Fire of
Hell….Ameen.
Your Statement:
To make myself a part of it,
Respected brother in Islam, if you sincerely wish to make
yourself a part of our humble team….then help us in helping further the Cause
of Allah Subhanah….first and foremost by making dua for us that The Lord Most
Gracious bless us to continue serving in His Cause until the very last ounce of
breath is left in our lungs….and secondly by forwarding the articles from the
forum to as many people as you possibly can so that the wise Guidance of Allah
and His Messenger (saws) may reach as many amongst mankind as possible.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and well
wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister