Zakat at Jabal
Zakat done right.
100% to recipients.
Your Zakat is an obligation to Allah, and our job is to treat it with the same seriousness you brought to calculating it. What we do is straightforward: move wealth directly to people who own less than the nisāb, and document every distribution.
Our commitment
The 100% policy, explained.
When you give Zakat to Jabal, 100% of it reaches a Zakat-eligible recipient. Nothing is taken out along the way.
No Zakat money is spent on projects, overhead, or fees. We pass the Zakat you give to trusted partners who put it in the hands of recipients, which is what a transfer of wealth is meant to be. When Stripe charges $2.90 on a $100 Zakat gift, that fee is paid from our separate general funds, so your $100 arrives as $100.
This is the position scholars agree on most widely, and we follow it so that your obligation is discharged without doubt. It is written into our governance documents and enforced by the treasurer.
100% to recipients
Nothing deducted from Zakat
Fees paid from general funds
Processing costs sit outside Zakat
Separate Zakat account
Never commingled with operating funds
Held only until it can move
We do not sit on Zakat
Photo-documented
Distributions photographed in the field
Scholar-reviewed eligibility
Checked against the eight asnaf
Calculate your obligation
Know your Zakat to the dollar.
Powered by the Ihsan Standard, which publishes the realizable nisab in gold and silver, refreshed daily, and applies the 2.5% rate. Current values are in the panel below.
Designate your Zakat
Three ways to give your Zakat.
Pick a fund, or give generally and let us send it where the need is greatest that month. Zakat al-Fitr is handled separately, since it has to land before the Eid prayer.
General Distribution
Cash transferred directly to verified individuals who meet the Quranic criteria of fuqarā (poor) and masākīn (destitute). Trusted field partners hand it over in person.
Verification
Income below nisab, community attestation, re-checked quarterly
Historically
$75 to $200 per family
Schedule
Monthly distributions
Entrepreneur Fund
Capital to restart a verified recipient's livelihood: a machine, inventory, a market stall. Pick one entrepreneur, fund their goal, and follow how the business does afterwards.
Verification
Eligibility screening, itemized costs, photographed delivery
Historically
$300 and up
Schedule
Until each goal is met
Monthly Stipend
A fixed monthly transfer to households in long-term poverty. Priority goes to families with a disabled member, to widows, and to elderly heads of household. Reassessed every year.
Verification
Hardship assessment and dependency check, reviewed annually
Historically
$40 to $80 a month
Schedule
Monthly, ongoing
The process
How we verify eligibility.
Intake application
Applicants fill in a standard intake form covering income, household size, debts, and assets. Where literacy is a barrier, our field coordinator takes the intake verbally.
Eligibility assessment
Every applicant is assessed against the eight Quranic asnaf (Surah 9:60). Almost everyone we serve falls under fuqarā and masākīn.
Community & scholar review
We cross-check the application against what our field team already knows about the household. If a case is unclear, a local imam or scholar rules on it before anything is approved.
Distribution & documentation
Money is transferred and handed over in person, and the distribution is photographed.
Board review
Documentation from the field goes back to the board, which reconciles Zakat received against Zakat distributed.
Annual re-verification
Ongoing recipients are re-verified once a year. Families who rise above the nisab come off the list, with our thanks, and we encourage them to start giving.
Common questions
Zakat FAQ
Does 100% really mean 100%?
Yes. When you mark a donation as Zakat, every dollar of it reaches a recipient. The processing fee (Stripe ~2.9% + $0.30) comes out of our separate general funds, so Zakat donations are used entirely for Zakat operations. We never round your Zakat down to cover a fee.
How do you verify recipients are eligible?
We check every applicant against the eight Quranic asnaf. In practice that means income documentation or community attestation, a standard intake form, review by a local imam or scholar, and a photograph at the point of distribution. If we cannot verify someone, we do not distribute to them.
Are board members ever recipients?
No. Board members and their immediate families are excluded from Zakat distributions, and that exclusion is written into our governance policy.
What happens to Zakat not yet distributed?
It sits in a separate designated account, apart from operating and sadaqah funds, until recipients are verified and the distribution is ready to go out.
Is my Zakat tax-deductible?
Yes. We are a 501(c)(3), so every donation, Zakat included, is tax-deductible. A receipt is emailed to you automatically for each gift.
﴿وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ﴾
Your Zakat, delivered with dignity.
100% reaches recipients, every distribution is verified and photographed, and you are welcome to ask us about any of it. JazākAllāhu khayran for trusting us with your obligation.