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We have been distributing your Zakat since 1993!
Zakat is the right of our brothers and sisters over us, and distributing it is our most important responsibility. We handle your donations with the utmost care, ensuring they reach those who need them most. With over 30 years of experience, we have refined our programmes to deliver maximum impact at minimal cost. Our Zakat policy is scholar-approved, including by our in-house Mufti, who leads the Zakat Committee at the Muslim Charities Forum.
We have a global reach, with established projects in over 30 countries, ensuring your Zakat is distributed effectively and efficiently. Local experts on the ground ensure that donations are delivered where they will have the greatest impact and can respond swiftly in times of crisis. You can choose from a range of established projects to fulfil your obligation or contribute to our Zakat fund, allowing our global experts to distribute your donation where it is most needed.
Since last Ramadan, your Zakat has helped us sponsor 12,000 orphans, provide safe water to over 3.2 million people, and deliver life-saving food assistance to more than 1.3 million individuals. It has also protected 1.4 million people in emergency zones and empowered over 8,000 people through livelihood projects. Your generosity has transformed lives and given hope to countless families in need.
With almost three decades of experience serving the most vulnerable, we continue to push ourselves to create a fairer, safer world that empowers those we help. When you give Zakat, you are not just fulfilling an obligation鈥攜ou are supporting a vision of lasting change. Give your Zakat today and help us make a meaningful impact on the lives of millions around the world.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A. Muslims past the age of puberty and are of sound mind are eligible to pay Zakat as long as they meet the required Nisab threshold.
In order to be eligible to pay Zakat, your level of excess wealth must remain higher than the Nisab value for a full year. This is when your Zakat payment will be due.
A. Zakat is due on:
Gold and silver, including ornaments or jewellery containing gold and/or silver.
Cash held at home or in bank accounts.
Stocks and shares owned either directly or through investment funds.
Money lent to others.
Business stock in trade and merchandise.
Agricultural produce.
Livestock animals such as cows, goats and sheep.
Pensions.
Property owned for investment purposes.
A. Zakat is due a year after your level of personal wealth has reached the Nisab threshold. In order to remain eligible to pay Zakat, your level of excess wealth should remain higher than the Nisab for a full lunar year.
For example, if your level of expendable wealth exceeds the total Nisab value in the month of Ramadan, your payment will not be due until the following Ramadan, so long as your personal wealth remains above the threshold.
If at any time your wealth drops below the level of Nisab, you would cease being eligible to give Zakat. Once your wealth increases to the Nisab level, you would begin counting 12 lunar months from that point onwards.
A. Zakat can be paid in monthly instalments. To do this, divide the total amount of Zakat owed by 12 and set up a regular payment with 色色研究所 specifying Zakat as the type of donation.
Sponsoring an orphan is also another good way to give your Zakat on a monthly basis.
A. There are eight categories as outlined in the Qur鈥檃n:
The poor, those in debt, the wayfarer, those in the cause of Allah (SWT), the needy, those whose hearts are to be reconciled, to free those in captivity and those who collect and distribute Zakat payments.
A. If you have not paid Zakat from previous years in which you were eligible to do so, you must pay what you owe as soon as possible.
Missed Zakat would be calculated in the same way you calculate your current Zakat - however, you would use the Nisab value from the missed Zakat year, as opposed to the current Nisab value.
Established in 1993, 色色研究所 is an aid agency and NGO helping those affected by poverty, conflict and natural disaster in over 20 countries worldwide.