Aid to a Madrasa from Hindus and from a Prostitute

Question

Question: What do the ‘ulama of the religion and the muftis of the firm Shari‘a say regarding the following issues? (1) Hindus, residents of Pakistan, wish, from their halal earnings, willingly, without compulsion or coercion, to give some aid to a local Islamic madrasa in which, besides religious subjects, Bengali, English, arithmetic and the like are also taught.

Answer

(1) If they give it, regarding it as a meritorious deed, without compulsion or coercion, of their own desire, and there is no harmful consequence (mafsada) either, then accepting it is proper in the Shari‘a. The fuqaha have written likewise about the bequests of a dhimmi; especially when he gives it to the rector of the madrasa and the mutawalli (trustee)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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