With the fasting month of Ramadan in its final days, many Muslims around the world prepare to fulfil another essential pillar of their faith – giving zakat. Zakat is a compulsory form of charity in ...

(The Conversation) — Muslims see wealth as a gift and a divine dispensation. The Quran urges individuals to share their wealth and income with those of lesser means. Almsgiving is one of the five ...

Learn all about the Muslim equivalent of Christian tithing. I Inemesit Udodiong Follow A lot of people do not realise that Muslims have theirs too, and its called the Zakat. What exactly is this? It ...

Zakat, one of the five pillars of Islam, is an obligatory act of giving and among several distinct forms of Islamic charity. The Quran and hadiths, the words and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, ...

An ISIS clerk makes payments to families of dead jihadists using U.S. currency in early 2016. (ISIS image) Although zakat is considered an obligation like prayer, the majority of predominantly Muslim ...

The conference, which will conclude on April 14, has been organised by Dubai Auqaf and Islamic Affairs Department under the patronage of Shaikh Hamdan bin Rahshid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and ...

With a record 120 million people displaced worldwide, the need for humanitarian aid has never been more urgent, with more lives and futures at greater risk. This Ramadan, let us stand with millions ...

A report released by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, revealed that nearly 2 million refugees and internally displaced people in 23 countries benefited from contributions received by the Refugee Zakat ...

ABU DHABI, 8th December, 2025 (WAM) -- The General Authority of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, and Zakat (Awqaf) announced that all its automated services are now fully digitised and accessible through ...

(The Conversation) — Zakat, one of the five pillars of Islam, is an obligatory act of giving and among several distinct forms of Islamic charity. The Quran and hadiths, the words and sayings of the ...