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...
Gifts
‘My money is my money, and his money is my money’
Question:- What is the status of the following sentence: "My money is my money, and his money is my money"? Can one say that the husband is responsible for the wife, thus, she also has a share in his money and quote the above? Answer:- The quotation in question holds...
Accepting gifts from a child
QUESTION: If a child is given money to buy sweets for himself, is he allowed to share it with his Ustaadh or any other adult? ANSWER: No, it will not be permissible for the Ustaad or any other adult to accept sweets from a Na-Baaligh child. This will be the ruling if...
Gifting an item to a minor
QUESTION: My father has some valuable items in his room at my grandparents' house. As a child when I would visit him there, he would always tell me that he had given it to me and it belonged to me, but I never took it with me as I was a child. There is some jewellery...
Receiving a cash gift from the bank
QUESTION: A bank that we have an account with recently held a promotion (link to which is posted below). We were unaware of such a promotion, but fulfilled the requirements to qualify for it, and hence received the specified cash offer. Will this money be permissible...
Receiving a revenue from Twitter
QUESTION: Recently, Twitter starting paying people a percentage of the advertising revenue. To qualify for the advertising revenue, one must have 500 or more followers, and a minimum of 3 million impressions for 3 consecutive months. One has to also be "verified". To...
Receiving a gift for sharing personal information of others
QUESTION: At the local gym, a "promotion" is run whereby the gym requests its clients to provide names and contact details of a stipulated amount of people. After filling out these contact details, one will be entitled to receive a free gift from the gym. The gifts...
Registering assets on daughter’s name
Question:- I paid for some shares and a property, and put it in my daughter's name. It was not given to her. Who is the owner? Answer:- Your query states that you purchased the property and the shares. These were not gifted to your daughter at any stage. You simply...