Q254 :A Christian fellow countryman of mine has died
recently. A number of our netpatriots have contributed to a fund to
help his family. Is it permissible for me also to contribute to
it?
A254 : It is certainly permissible to help a poor
Christian family, unless one knows that they are actively hostile to
Islam. It is reported that Umar ibn Al-Khattab saw an elderly
Christian man begging. He asked about his situation and when he was
told that the man was a Christian, he ordered that he should be given
help from the treasury of the Muslim state. His reasons were that the
man paid the tax imposed on non-Muslims when he was able to earn.
Therefore, he was entitled to help when he lost that source of his
innete.
Our Dialogue ( Source : Arab News – Jeddah )