LAHORE: Punjab Zakat & Ushr Department has joined hands with JazzCash, Pakistan’s largest fintech platform, to ...

Zakat is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, the fundamental principles that guide a Muslim's faith and actions. It refers to the obligatory act of giving a portion of one’s wealth to those in need, ...

Youssef Hassan al-Hammadi, head of the Zakat Services Department, stated that the department has set the value of a sa' (one sa') of the local staple food for this year at QR15 per person.

Zakat is mandatory for Muslims who meet the financial threshold, known as nisab, and is given annually at a fixed percentage of 2.5 (one-40th) of one’s wealth.

Ramadan Zakat & Sadaqah: Understand the obligations, benefits of voluntary giving, and the synergistic effect of charity during the holy month.

SINGAPORE – The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) will give out nearly $3.1 million of zakat funds to 8,200 beneficiaries as part of its annual Ramadan disbursement in 2025.

RAWALPINDI: The Punjab Zakat Department has approved a new pilot project to cover fines for prisoners who have completed their sentences but remain incarcerated due to an inability to pay penalties.

SHAH ALAM: Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah received business zakat (tithe) amounting to over RM13.2mil from six state-owned companies in Selangor on Tuesday (March 4).

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 ...

Ahead of Ramadan 2025, Awqaf has launched a first-of-its-kind digital platform to help corporate companies accurately calculate and pay their zakat. The Emirates Digital Program, part of a ...

SINGAPORE - A mosque in Serangoon North Avenue 2 has temporarily suspended all over-the-counter zakat collections, including those in cash. This was after the Islamic Religious Council of ...