#GiveZakatNow to Help a Family Survive
Help us fulfill our promise to support orphans, sustain widows, provide clean water in drought-affected areas, build shelters for refugees, pave the path to success with education, provide life-saving health services and much more! When you give Zakat now, you are ensuring those in need are taken care of regardless of what’s going on in the world.
What Is Zakat? The Arabic word Zakat means purification. It is a means of purifying one’s assets through fulfilling the obligation of one of the five pillars in Islam. Zakat allows us to appreciate what we have by sharing with others in need.
Who Is Eligible for Zakat? Allah say in Surah Tawbah verse 60, “Zakah expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed to collect [zakah] and for bringing hearts together [for Islam] and for freeing captives [or slaves] and for those in debt and for the cause of Allah and for the [stranded] traveler – an obligation [imposed] by Allah. And Allah is Knowing and Wise.”
Zakat given to Teach My Nation is distributed to those who need it most, in accordance with Islamic guidelines. Our zakat funds support numerous projects worldwide such as:
Teach My Nation utilizes minimal percentage of donations for administrative and operational purposes.