QUESTION:
A family member runs an organization and collects Eid gifts for an orphanage. He takes these gifts and gifts them to children in the family as a gift from himself (whereas these gifts were gifted to the orphanage kids by others, and the family children are not less fortunate).What is the ruling with regards to this? Should we use it or should it be gifted to someone more deserving?
ANSWER:
The gifts donated to the orphans of the orphanage cannot be given to the family children. It must be gifted to the orphans residing at the orphanage. If the gifts were wrongly gifted to other children, then it should be returned to the children of the orphanage.
ALLAH TA’ALA ALONE KNOWS BEST!
ANSWERED BY:
Mufti Mohammed Desai
Date: 6 Shawwal 1445 / 16 April 2024
