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Always
donate your Zakat correctly and WISELY.
Do not let a single penny go to waste
through overheads, glossy promotions and
unnecessary payment of officials.
Appealing
can be seen as tiresome and to appeal can be undignified,
but here goes for the sake of Allah. We will have to answer
before Allah if we ignore the plight of Muslims at home and
now is the best time to check our faith and conscience.
All
four Schools of Thought agree that Zakat
should NOT be generally distributed elsewhere if deserving
candidates are found within the country where it
is collected. Doing so is MAKRUH according to the four madhabs.
Alms
are for the poor, and the needy, and those employed to administer
the (funds); for those whose hearts need to be reconciled;
for those in bondage, and in debt; in the cause of Allah;
and for the wayfarer: (thus is it) ordained by Allah, and
Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom. [Surah at-Tawbah(9):
Ayah 60]
Thus
the deserving candidates comes from the poor, the needy, workers
in Zakat administration, people whose hearts need to be reconciled
(mu'allafat qulooobuhum), captives, debtors, in the cause
of Allah, and the wayfarers.
We
proactively determine Zakat recipients from:
a)
Reverts facing difficulties after accepting Islam often coming
into the Deen with huge financial debts
b) Muslim asylum seekers and refugees facing a harsh life
of severe restrictions of work and varying measures of hostility
c) Muslims who are at the point of eviction or repossession
d) Breadwinners who have lost their means of income
e) Mothers who are in crushing debts
f) Struggling single parent families
g) People with end to end difficulties of homelessness
h) Economic hardships of Muslim foreign students
i) People whose hearts need to be reconciled who are almost
completely overlooked by all major relief and aid organizations
in the UK
Of
all the refugees and asylum seekers the majority is Muslims
and they constitute 80% of those known to the Suffolk Refugee
Support Forum (SRSF). We are in close contact with both the
Refugee Council and the SRSF.
a)
We collect and distribute Zakah with zero overheads
b) We are focused on those who deserve Zakat in the UK strictly
according to the Shariah
c) We are experienced, have a continuing long history of engagement
in da'wah, richly involved in British civic society and recognized
for our non-partisanship, honesty and even-handedness
d) Giving Zakat to us is safe, legal and avoids all suspicions
that arise in the current political climate
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Please
make cheques payable to "JIMAS"
and mark clearly as ZAKAH.
Our
postal address is:
JIMAS, PO Box 24, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 8ED,
England
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It
is high time we fulfilled the responsibility of Zakah
in the UK according to the priorities and goals of the
Shari'ah.
End
the shame of neglecting deserving candidates in the
UK now!
Take the necessary step to restore balance with respect
to Zakat collection and distribution at home and abroad
and help in getting it right for Muslims in the UK.
Pass
this message on to your family and friends and help
JIMAS establish this pillar of Islam for you.
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