Night Prayer, - Dought & clear, - * Always recitingQunoot in Witr every night

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What is the ruling on reciting the du’aa’ of Qunoot every night after Witr?.
Praise be to Allaah.
There is nothing wrong with that. The du’aa’ of Qunoot is Sunnah and the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) used to recite Qunoot. He taught Qunoot and the words of Qunoot in Witr to al-Hasan, so it is Sunnah. If you recite it every night, there is nothing wrong with that, and if you omit it on some occasions so that the people will know that it is not obligatory, there is nothing wrong with that either. If the imam omits Qunoot on some occasions so that the people will know that is not obligatory, there is nothing wrong with that. When the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) taught al-Hasan Qunoot, he did not tell him to omit it on some days. This indicates that if he does it persistently, there is nothing wrong with that.
Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy on him)

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Zakaah , Dought & clear, - * Can he take from his father’s zakaahto pay off his debt?

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If a person is in debt, is it permissible for him to take from his father’s zakaah to pay off his debt or not?
Praise be to Allaah.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah was asked this question, and he replied:
If the son is in debt and cannot pay it off, then he can take from his father’s zakaah, according to the more correct of the two views narrated in the madhhab of Ahmad and others. But if he is need of maintenance and his father does not have any money to spend on him, in this case there is a difference of opinion (among the scholars), but the more correct view is that it is permissible for him to take from his father’s zakaah. But if he is of independent means and does not need his father to spend on him, then he has no need of his zakaah. And Allaah knows best.

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Zakaah , Dought & clear, - * He took zakaah todistribute it to the poor – can he take can any of it?

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One of my friends gave me some zakaah so that I could distribute it to those who are entitled to it. I distributed part of it, and I am still distributing what is left, but at the same time I need some money because I am about to get married and to finish building my house which is not yet completed. And I am also in debt. Am I entitled to take some of the zakaah or not?
Please note that I cannot tell this to my friend at present
Praise be to Allaah.
You do not have the right to take anything from this money, because your friend only gave it to you so that you could distribute it to others, not to take it. You are an agent of the person who gave you the money, and you are only allowed to dispose of it in the manner that he gave you permission to do.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen was asked inFataawa Arkaan al-Islam(p. 447) about a poor man taking zakaah from a wealthy man on the basis that he would distribute it for him, then taking it himself: what is the ruling on doing this?
He replied:
This is haraam and is a betrayal of trust, because the owner gave it to him on the basis that he would act as his agent and give it to others, but he is taking it for himself. The scholars stated that it is not permissible for an agent to use that which he has been appointed to dispose of for himself. Based on this, this person has to tell his companion that he took for himself what was given to him before. If he allows him that, all well and good, otherwise he has to pay it back, by giving back what he took so that it may be given in zakaah on behalf of its owner.
I would like to take this opportunity to speak about something that some ignorant people do, which is when a poor person takes zakaah, then Allaah makes him independent of means but people still give to him, thinking that he is still poor, and he takes it. Some of these people take it and consume it, then say, “I did not ask people for it, this is provision which Allaah has bestowed upon me.” This is haraam, because if Allaah makes a person independent of means, it is haraam for him to take any zakaah.
Some people take zakaah then give it to others without being appointed to do so by the owner of the zakaah. This is also haraam. It is not permissible for a person to dispose of it in this manner, even if it is less serious than the case described above, but it is still haraam for him to do this, and he has to pay back the zakaah to its owner if he did not give him permission and does not approve of his action.
The Standing Committee (9/436) was asked:
Some people have given me zakaah to dispose of it in the ways prescribed in sharee’ah. I took the money and distributed some of it, but I took some for myself, because I needed this money so that I could get married and fix up my house which was not suitable for getting married. I had the intention of paying it back, but my circumstances now do not allow me to pay it back. What is the solution? Was it halaal or haraam for me to take this money? Do I have to pay it back?
They replied:
It is not permissible for you to take this money that was given to you so that you could distribute it to those who are entitled to zakaah. You have to return the money that you took, or give it to those who are entitled to it, and also repent and seek forgiveness for what you did.

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Zakaah , Dought & clear, - * Renovating orphan’s property with zakaah money

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There are some orphans whose guardian I am, as their father died many years ago. They have a monthly income from their father’s retirement fund of 3500 riyaals. Over the years I have accumulated a large sum of money, of which approximately 150,000 comes from zakaah. Should I stop accepting zakaah on their behalf? What should I do with the zakaah money I have? They have a house that needs to be repaired, and there is still 240,000 owing to the real-estate company.
Can I pay off the deceased’s debts from this (zakaah) money? They have land from the city so can we pay for building a fence around it from this money?
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly, it is not permissible for you to take zakaah on their behalf, because they have enough money of their own. Zakaah is for the poor and needy, not for orphans. Whatever you have taken at the time when they had enough of their own has to be given back to the original donors, if you know who they are, otherwise you must give it away in charity with the intention of it being zakaah on their behalf, because you took it with the intention of it being zakaah from them.
As for the money that you have accumulated from the retirement fund, use it as you see fit, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):“And come not near to the orphan’s property, except to improve it…” [al-An’aam 6:152].
As for the debt to the real estate development company, you know that it is to be repaid in installments, not all at once, so pay it back in installments. The deceased has nothing to do with it, except with regard to the installments that were due before his death, if he did not pay them. As for the installments that were not due until after his death, they are nothing to do with him because they have to do with this property, the ownership of which has passed to his heirs. So they are responsible for these repayments, and they should not be paid from the zakaah money, because they have enough money of their own with which to pay them.

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