Shutterstock Dubai: Many Muslims around the world may be seeking to calculate the amount of Zakat, a compulsory form of charity in Islam that they are required to pay. The UAE Fatwa Council has ...

Zakat - also called zakah – is an obligatory part of the Islamic faith. It's a type of wealth tax that requires Muslims to give 2.5 per cent of the value of their qualifying assets to charity to ...

The Zakat Affairs Department at the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs has started packing and distributing Zakat al-Fitr. This is part of its ongoing efforts to promote social solidarity ...

The council urged those who are wishing to pay Zakat Al Fitr through the General Authority of Islamic Affairs, Endowments and zakat, the zakat Fund, and charitable organisations, to give zakat on ...

Zakat, one of the five pillars of Islam, requires Muslims who meet the wealth threshold (nisab) to donate 2.5% of their qualifying wealth to those in need. Image: Shuttersock The UAE Council for Fatwa ...

A recent Fatwa issued by the Islamic Affairs authority in Sharjah has officially approved the American University of Sharjah (AUS) for receiving zakat contributions for student scholarships.

An Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ismaeel Hussein Adekunle Gbamolada, has advised well-to-do Muslims across the country to pay their Zakat as and when due. Gbamolada noted that this is necessary to reduce ...

The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs (Awqaf), represented by the Zakat Affairs Department, has announced the value of Zakat Al Fitr for the year 1446 AH in Qatar. This estimation is ...

As the government has fixed the Nisab for Zakat at Rs179,689 for 1445-46AH, which is applicable to savings, profit and loss sharing accounts, and similar deposits, here’s a simple way to ...

which sets the guidelines for the collection and distribution of Zakat in Pakistan. Earlier, the Chairman of the Islamic Ideological Council, Dr. Raghib Hussain Naeemi, has announced the ...