Can I Receive Donations From Non-Muslims?

Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas

Question: Assalam aleykum

I am planning to develop an android app. I am publishing it for free. So I wish to add a donate button so that anyone can donate money to me through PayPal if they wish to. Is it allowed to receive this money?

Answer: assalamu alaykum

This is perfectly permissible. It is established that the Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him) accepted gifts and the like from non-Muslims. [Bukhari]

Please also: Giving & Receiving Gifts

[Ustadh] Salman Younas

Checked and approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Ustadh Salman Younas graduated from Stony Brook University with a degree in Political Science and Religious Studies. After studying the Islamic sciences online and with local scholars in New York, Ustadh Salman moved to Amman. There he studies Islamic law, legal methodology, belief, hadith methodology, logic, Arabic, and tafsir.