About Zakat
Learn more about Zakat and get help with calculating how much you need to pay.
Fighting poverty through education!
Zia Ul Ummah Foundation's commitment
The impact of your zakat can extend beyond what you might envision. Numerous young children, who would otherwise have never had the opportunity for education, are now able to study and learn, thanks to your generous donations. Without individuals like you providing assistance and support, many of these children wouldn’t even have been able to afford an education.
Our dedication is in elevating individuals from poverty. Upholding a 100% zakat policy, we strive to empower underprivileged children for a promising future through both high-quality secular and Islamic education. We sincerely believe that the only long term sustainable solution for Pakistan in Education.
By the mercy of Allah, we offer tuition-free education to nearly 30,000 students, encompassing both boys and girls, distributed across 200 schools and colleges in Pakistan. Our educational institutions not only enable children to memorise the Holy Qur’an but also engage in religious studies, supplementing their education with contemporary subjects from secondary schooling to undergraduate levels.
Use our calculator below to calculate your Zakat for this year.
How much Zakat do I owe?
| + Bank Saving (Use lowest amount held for 1 year) | |
| + Gold & Silver (Monetary value) | |
| + Money owed to you (Deposits, loans you made) | |
| + Resale value of shares, stocks, bonds, etc. | |
| + Total £ | 0.00 |
| 2.5% of Zakat £ | 0.00 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Zakat is the Arabic word for charity. Muslims are obligated to give 2.5% of their total annual savings in charity each year, provide those savings exceed the value of 87.5 grams of gold or 612 grams of silver. This minimum threshold for Zakat is known as Nisab in Arabic.
Zakat is exempted on live-in property, on mortgage loans, and on assets. It is only applicable to one’s savings. Business owners are also required under Shariah to pay Zakat on profits and stocks.
Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam, and it’s significance is established in the following Quranic verse:
“Take from their money a charity to cleanse them and purify them” – 9:103.
Every adult, mentally stable, free and financially able Muslim must pay Zakat to support a certain category of people. These people are identified in a Quranic verse as follows:
“The alms are only for the poor and the needy, and those who collect them, and those whose hearts are to be reconciled, and to free the captives and the debtors, and for the cause of Allah, and (for) the wayfarers; a duty imposed by Allah. Allah is knower, Wise.” – 9:60
There are 8 categories for spending Zakat:
- Al-Fuqara (The poor)
Fuqara are the people who live below the poverty line and don’t have enough means to live a normal life like others. They deserve your zakat in order to meet the daily necessities of their lives.
- Al-Masakin (The needy)
Masakin are extremely poor and needy people. These people don’t have any possessions or income. Your zakat money can help them in improving their living condition.
- Zakat collectors
Zakat can be given to the people who are authorized to collect and distribute it among the needy and poor. It includes the trustworthy institutions and NGOS who are working to help underprivileged Muslim communities.
- Those whose hearts can be reconciled
Those who are newly converted to Islam are eligible to receive zakat (if they are needy).
- Freeing captives
Slavery is prohibited in many parts of the world but there are still some places where people are trafficked and kept as slaves.
- Those in debt
Zakat can be given to pay off debts of someone who cannot repay on his own. However, one must make sure that the money borrowed by debtor is not used for any un-Islamic or wrong purpose.
- In the path of Allah
Those who are striving in the path of Allah are entitled to receive your zakat.
- Wayfarer (Travelers)
Zakat can be given to a traveller who is left alone in a foreign land and is in need of money to get back to his destination or to fulfil his objective of traveling.
We send 100% of Zakat donations to the poor and needy.