Give Your 2024 Zakat with our 100% Zakat Policy!
For 13 Amazing Years, Penny Appeal are proud to have had and continue to have a 100% Zakat policy!
This means that every single penny from your Zakat donation will go directly to those who need it most 100% of the time – giving you 100% of the reward.
Zakat Charity Resources
Traditional Zakat: Cash Sponsorships
Let's honor the tradition of Zakat as exemplified by the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) and his followers. Just as they would give their Zakat directly to those in need, Penny Appeal offers you the opportunity to follow in their noble footsteps through our innovative cash sponsorships.
100% Zakat: Benefitting those who need it most
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Why Should you Pay Your Zakat with Penny Appeal?
When you give your Zakat with us, 100% of it goes to the less fortunate. Every single penny is spent on those in need, giving you 100% of the rewards.
You can pay towards any of our Zakat applicable appeals, giving you the chance to choose a cause that is near and dear to your heart.
Our Zakat Calculator takes the guesswork out of giving. We can help you figure out the exact amount you need to pay.
We have a Zakat expert on call to answer all your questions and help you learn more about Zakat charity.
All you need to know about Zakat!
Around this time of year, many of us are confused about what we owe, how to pay and what Zakat really means in the Qur’an - we don’t want anyone to be in the dark about their Zakat, so, we’re giving you everything you need to know about your Zakat donation!
What is Zakat?
Zakat is the third pillar of Islam and is a compulsory charitable payment for all eligible adult Muslims that meet the nisab threshold.
What is Nisab?
The nisab is the minimum amount of total wealth that Muslims must own before Zakat becomes mandatory. The Prophet (ﷺ) set the nisab threshold to be equivalent to 87.48 grams of gold and 612.36 grams of silver.
What % of my wealth must I pay in Zakat?
Zakat in Islam is a payment of 2.5% of our total savings and wealth. Zakat donations are used to benefit the impoverished and disadvantaged. Paying your Zakat can help hundreds of people in need and gain you Sadaqah Jariyah for years to come.
In Arabic Zakat means to grow, to increase and to purify – the idea is that giving Zakat will not decrease your wealth, but instead it will increase it and purify it.
Indeed, the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ)said: “Charity never decreases wealth.” [ Muslim]
Your Zakat is transforming lives!
Whether you’ve been on this journey with us for 13 years or 13 minutes, we appreciate every one of you. Thanks to the beautiful act of faith and charity that is your Zakat payment, you are helping those most in need around the world – saving lives, breaking the poverty cycle and transforming whole communities for decades to come, thank you!
Please donate your Zakat with Penny Appeal today and help up give hope to those most in need around the world.
Look at the impact you have had!
Your Zakat donation can care for children and the elderly, provide food and water, deliver healthcare and education, or even provide emergency aid.
We will endeavour to use your gift as requested, wherever possible. If for any reason we cannot use your donation as you have indicated, we will use it to fund similar projects in other countries or other projects in the relevant country. Penny Appeal’s strategic overview and on the ground experience means it is in the best position to decide how to meet need as it arises.
Administration of Zakat
As Allah (SWT) tells us in the holy Qur’an: “Alms-tax (Zakat) is only for the poor and the needy, for those employed to administer it, for those whose hearts are attracted to the faith, for freeing slaves, for those in debt, for Allah’s cause, and for needy travellers. This is an obligation from Allah. And Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.” (Qur’an 9:60)
Penny Appeal operates a 100% Zakat policy – so, 100% of your Zakat donation will be sent to the beneficiaries of our projects, without a single penny deducted by us for administration costs.
However, we often use implementing partners in the field – small, local organisations with good knowledge of communities in hard-to-reach areas. When administering Zakat on our behalf, these local organisations might accrue administering costs – for example, fuel for driving to remote villages to distribute aid. In such instances, they are Islamically justified, as “those employed to administer (Zakat)” (Qur’an 9:60) to utilise up to 12.5% of Zakat donations for such unavoidable overhead costs.
It is important to remember that, like the orphans, widows and displaced families that they serve on our behalf, these workers are also beneficiaries of your generosity – the work allows their small organisations to thrive, to receive further commissions, to support their families and to stimulate their local economies, ultimately benefitting their wider communities, Alhamdulillah.
What does ‘Where Most Needed’ mean?
We work with experts in the field as well as our established partners on the ground to locate countries, communities, and people that are most in need. So, when we say your donation is being delivered to where most needed, rest assured that you are helping support some of the most vulnerable communities in the world!
We always do our best to meet your requests!
Penny Appeal will endeavour to use your gift as requested, wherever possible. If for any reason we cannot use your donation as you have indicated, we will use it to fund similar projects in other countries or other projects in the relevant country. Penny Appeal’s strategic overview and on the ground experience means it is in the best position to decide how to meet need as it arises.
