March, 2010

Good Deed: #146 Keep your promises

1000 Good Deeds Dilemma: You writing a big exam. You say if you pass you will fast for 3 days after the results come out. You pass the exam and celebrate for the next 3 days instead. Now what? 3:194 (Y. Ali) “Our Lord! Grant us what Thou didst promise unto us through Thine apostles, […]

Good Deed: #145 Give Sadaqah for Allah's pleasure

1000 Good Deeds Dilemma: You work for a company. They want to take you and your co workers to build houses in a poor community under a banner of a certain organisation. When you visit the website you notice they strongly promote a different religion. Do you go and build the house? 2:261 (Y. Ali) The […]

Good Deed: #144 Give sadaqah from halaal sources

1000 Good Deeds Dilemma: You go to your bank and you see you have $1000 dollars worth of interest money accumulated. You decide to donate it to muslim orphans as sadaqah. Can you do this? 2:276 (Y. Ali) Allah will deprive usury of all blessing, but will give increase for deeds of charity: For He […]

Good Deed: #143 Give sadaqah to family first

1000 Good Deeds Dilemma: You mum passes away. While you going through her things, you find a notebook. In it are pages and pages of scratched out numbers. On the last page you see 10 fasts and 100 days of salaah outstanding? What do you do? 12:88 (Y. Ali) Then, when they came (back) into […]

Good Deed: #142 Give Sadaqah secretly

1000 Good Deeds Dilemma: A family member needs a kidney transplant? You decide to anonymously donate your kidney to him as it is a perfect match? Is this allowed? 2:270-271 (Y. Ali) And whatever ye spend in charity or devotion, be sure Allah knows it all. But the wrong-doers have no helpers. If ye disclose […]

Good Deed: #141 Give Sadaqah sincerely

<1000 Good Deeds Dilemma : There is a place that houses AIDS patients near your home? Are you allowed to support it? 2:264 (Y. Ali) O ye who believe! cancel not your charity by reminders of your generosity or by injury,- like those who spend their substance to be seen of men, but believe neither in […]

Good Deed: #140 Give gifts

Dilemma: You perform a heart operation for a non muslim patient. As a thank you she gives you a basket of fruit, nuts and a bottle of champagne. What do you do with the bottle of bubbly? 2:262 (Y. Ali) Those who spend their substance in the cause of Allah, and follow not up their […]

Good Deed: #139 Share inheritance correctly

Riddle: A woman get’s divorced and out of shock dies of a heart attack. Her only heir is 1 daughter. How many shares does her husband & daughter get? 4:7 (Y. Ali) From what is left by parents and those nearest related there is a share for men and a share for women, whether the property […]

Good Deed: #138 Trade

Dilemma: You have a thorough bred watch dog at home. She has puppies. You take it to the pet shop and they offer you a high price for each. What do you do? 2:275 (Y. Ali) Those who devour usury will not stand except as stand one whom the Evil one by his touch Hath driven […]

Good Deed: #137 Seek halaal/lawful earnings

Dilemma: You were asked to play your favourite sport for a million dollars, the team jersery has a alcohol beverage logo on it. What would you do? 23:51 (Y. Ali) O ye apostles! enjoy (all) things good and pure, and work righteousness: for I am well-acquainted with (all) that ye do. 4:29 (Y. Ali) O […]