Your Zakat donation should amount to 2.5% of your total Zakatable wealth. Therefore, if your total assets (after any debts owed) amounted to R10,000, you would pay R250.
Use our free and easy Zakat Calculator to calculate how much you owe.
A sacred pillar and revolutionary concept
Zakat is not just a fundamental pillar of Islam. It is also a revolutionary concept with the potential to ease the suffering of millions around the world.
If the ten richest people in the world paid Zakat – that would be a staggering R157 billion! The power of that money in tackling poverty would be huge.
Zakat is a right that the poor have over us:
“Those in whose wealth there is a recognised right for the needy and the poor”
[Qur’an 70:24-25]
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Your Zakat transforms lives
Your Zakat has funded some of our lifesaving work in war-torn and disaster-impacted communities across the world – nourishing hungry families, sheltering displaced communities, enabling people to rebuild their livelihoods, and improving the lives of orphans and vulnerable families across the globe.
Islamic Relief South Africa adheres strictly to Shari’ah principles in the collection, allocation, and distribution of Zakat.
- No administration fee is deducted from Zakat funds.
- Administrative costs are covered through non-Zakat funds, including Lillah, Sadaqah, and Shari’ah-compliant investments.
- Zakat is allocated strictly in accordance with Islamic principles.
