Question
Please advise on the following: In our school we collect sadqah everyday from the learners to teach them about sadqah and this money must be given to the poor learners. That was the intention. Now some educators were having some quiz and they used from the same money to buy some gift for the learners, rich and poor, who won. Is this permissible?
Answer
The whole scheme is haraam.
Firstly, if any child is not baaligh, then it is haraam to take any money from them on the pretext of Sadqah. Secondly, this whole scheme is haraam. It is an imposition on the students. The monies must be refunded to the students. Explain to them only the fadhaa-il (virtues/thawaab) of Sadqah. Thirdly, the prize giving from the haraam money aggravates the hurmat. Nothing of this scheme is permissible.
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- themajlis.co.za
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- The Majlis Vol 27 No 06
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- 8
Appears under THE 15th SHA’BAAN (approximate).