Zakat

Zakat – “that which purifies”

“True piety is this: to believe in God, and the last day……to perform the prayer and to pay the zakat.” (Quran 2:177)

Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam. This means that zakat is mandatory for Muslims, along with the other four pillars. For every sane, adult Muslim who owns wealth over a certain amount – known as Nisab – he or she must pay 2.5% of that wealth as Zakat. It is both a spiritual duty and a vital part of the Islamic welfare system.
“…..and those in whose wealth there is a recognised right, for the needy and deprived” (Quran 70:24-5).

If you require further assistance with working out your zakat then use our zakat calculator or call 03000 999 786 and speak to one of our call centre team who will arrange for one of the Ulema to help you.

Food

Hunger has been dubbed “The World’s Greatest Solvable Problem”, for it requires no research or scientific breakthroughs. Although we live in a world of plenty, too many men and women around the world struggle to put food on the table every day for their children. One in nine people still go to bed on an empty stomach every night and even more - one in three - suffer from some form of malnutrition.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Universal, affordable and sustainable access to WASH is a key public health issue as well as a human right. Water has also been mentioned 63 times in the Quran, indicating that a supply of clean water is one of the greatest charities in Islam.

Studies have shown that water scarcity, poor water quality and inadequate sanitation negatively impact food security, livelihood choices and educational opportunities for poor families all around the world. Nevertheless, in 2017 the World Health Organization estimated that 2.3 billion people continue to live without sanitation facilities and 844 million without access to safe and clean drinking water.

Shelter

Safe and decent housing is a fundamental right recognised in a number of international human rights instruments, and is often a precondition for the enjoyment of several other human rights. To name a few, it protects individuals from adverse weather, thereby ensuring good health and wellbeing, facilitates the possibility of earning a living, and promotes private and family life.