Zakat · زكاة
Purify your wealth. Transform lives.
Zakat is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. It requires Muslims who meet the nisab threshold to give 2.5% of their qualifying wealth annually. Your Zakat reaches eligible recipients as defined by the Quran.
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Give your Zakat
Your Zakat reaches verified recipients.
Zakat is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. It requires Muslims who meet the nisab threshold to give 2.5% of their qualifying wealth annually. Your Zakat reaches eligible recipients as defined by the Quran.
- Distributed only to Zakat-eligible recipients (8 categories defined in Surah At-Tawbah 9:60)
- Field team verifies eligibility before disbursement
- 100% of your Zakat reaches the field — operations covered separately
- Annual report on Zakat distribution by country and category
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Where your Zakat goes
No abstractions. Real outcomes.
Each Zakat dollar maps to a concrete outcome for a verified recipient — no pass-throughs, no overhead skim.
Feed a family for one month
$100
Clean water for a village
$250
Medical aid for 50 people
$500
A semester of education for 10 children
$1000
Zakat questions
The fiqh, the recipients, the receipts.
The same questions our biggest Zakat givers ask. If yours isn't here, email us.
Yes. UMMA distributes Zakat exclusively to the categories defined in Surah At-Tawbah (9:60). Our field teams verify eligibility before distribution.
Yes. Visit our Zakat Calculator page to calculate your obligation based on your assets, savings, and liabilities.