An Introduction to Financial Sacrifice — Page 44
44 "……. Normally 'social security allowance' paid by a government to a family (for wife and children) is in fact the income of the head of the family, which he spends at his own discretion. Therefore, the spirit of Taqwa demands that he/she should pay Chanda on the total of all such allowances. However, in special circumstances, an allowance, which is granted to a child for specific purposes e. g. his medical treatment etc. and is actually spent for that purpose then( in this case too) the parents will act as trustees and Chanda is not required to be paid on such allowances. The same formula is used in determining the allowances of the Muballigh i n in our Jam a ‘at , is that such and such is the allowance for the Muballigh , his wife and his children individually, and it adds up to this much. But this never means that the allowance will be divided between the wife and children in the same ratio. Rather the whole allowance is considered the income of the Muballigh and he pays Chanda upon it at the prescribed rate. ………. In spite of the above if any member chooses to interpret social security allowance for children by himself and seeks remission in Chanda against such an allowance, then, such a case should be presented to me for consideration". 66 Similarly, in response to a query raised by a member from Belgium, H u du r said: "As for the fact that you are paying Chanda Wa s iyyat upon your social allowance after deducting the children’s allowance, this is something contrary to Taqw a , and, as a proof of this, you have yourself said that: "This is something which has been worrying us for some time, and because of it we are not enjoying the delight of paying H i ss a A mad with full enthusiasm. Normally 'social security allowance' paid by a government to a family (for wife and children) is in fact 66 A letter to Am i r Norway dated August 13, 1993.