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ZAKAT APPEAL
Est. 1984 - 2011
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How long must you remain complacent
and unthinkingly send all your help abroad
when there are unfulfilled needs
of your
neighbours here? Think!

  CONFERENCE 2011

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.

Appeals may seem tiresome and appeals may be undignified, but here goes for the sake of Allah. We know we must answer Allah for deliberately misbehaving in our individual duties in Islam and ignoring the need of Muslims at home who have a share in our wealth as determined by the Almighty. Isn't now always 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 quloobuhum), captives, debtors, in the cause of Allah, and the wayfarers.

We consider every application we receive and go out there to 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) We are audited and monitored. Giving Zakat to us is safe, legal, and avoids all suspicions that arise in the political climate of scrutiny, wastefulness, incompetence and Muslim's sectarisnm and partialities.

Please make cheques payable to "JIMAS"
and mark clearly as ZAKAH.

Our postal address is:
JIMAS,  PO Box 24, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 8ED, England

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.

 
Last Updated: February 2011
Review date: May 2011