collecting zakat and delivering it to the needy person

Thanks to Allah that my recent project of collecting zakat has succeeded beyond my own estimate. Shukr Al Hamdu Lillah.

 

And thanx to all of you sir jee and behen jee,

 

This is a new experience in life... collecting zakat and delivering it to the needy person

 

I have read about Indian Zakat collection and its distribution system. The following article in my blog may enlighten you.

 

http://saleemindia.blogspot.com/2010/09/zakat-and-its-distribution-problem.html

 

I faced two problems only

 

problem no one... reaching the needy ....

problem no two....even if you find a needy, how to convince your fellow muslims to help him / her out.... 

i  found out that you need to swallow your ego to solve the problem no two, ;-)

 

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Zakat and its distribution problem

 

Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_joy-of-giving-rs1500-cr-zakat-doled-out-in-mumbai_1435045

 

"There will always be vested interests and badly managed funds. Besides, there is great joy in personally seeking out and helping people in need," says school teacher Zeenat Khan, who gave her zakat this year to a distant cousin who needed the money for a major surgery. Khan also convinced her colleagues to give part of their zakat to her relative.

 

Every year during Ramzan, businessman Ahsan Malik and his family scout the neighbourhood for people who are in need of money but too self-respecting to ask for handouts.

And once they identify an eligible individual or family, the Malik clan gives them zakat, the annual cash donation that every practicing Muslim must make towards charity.

Last year, the Maliks' contribution helped a young man through engineering college, while this year, the beneficiary is a destitute woman whose daughter is getting married. Over the years, the Maliks have donated lakhs of rupees as zakat, which has to be at least 2.5% of an individual's wealth.

Zakat is obligatory for all adult Muslims possessing 75 grams of gold or its equivalent. Since some of the richest Muslims in the country live in Mumbai, the city's annual zakat distribution runs into crores. Most of the donations are made during Ramzan, a month of fasting and piety.

"Of the Rs15,000 crore expected to be distributed as zakat throughout the country this year, Rs1,000 crore to Rs1,500 crore will come from Mumbai," estimated Rahmatullah Abdul Ahad, founder of the All India Council of Muslim Economic Upliftment. Rahmatullah says his organisation arrived at the figure using random sampling and government data. He admits the sample size is small and it should not be generalised. "But it still gives a glimpse of what the result could be."

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Other ZAKAT Links:

ALL INDIA COUNCIL OF MUSLIM ECONOMIC UPLIFTMENT

http://www.aicmeu.org/Zakat_And_Economic_Empowerment.htm

Indian Muslims And Charities

http://imrc.ws/

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Masjids dot in

http://www.masjids.in/discover-islam/ramadhan/zakat-a-tool-for-community-upliftment/

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Zakat Foundation Of India

http://www.milligazette.com/Advertisers/2004/zakat_foundation_india_oct2004.htm

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Blood by SMS

Writer: Ayesha Feroz Shapurji

www. IndianBloodDonors.com

Blood by SMS

With no knowledge of how an online portal would work, Khushroo took on this life saving challenge. He mentions, "During the time, there were no companies booking or hosting web domains in India. I was paying $ 300 every three months to keep the site live and running. Meanwhile, I had spent almost Rs 40,000 in developing the website [www. IndianBloodDonors.com] and had gone practically bankrupt."

This was when he got the brainwave and contacted a television news channel (zee news) and requested them to flash the name of the website he had started for this cause. Minutes later the site crashed due to heavy traffic visiting it

Along came the cellular wave and www.indianblooddonors.com (IBD) became mobile. All one had to do was type out a message and send it to a short code and you'd have a list of blood donors in your inbox.

IBD is not yet registered as an NGO. Khushroo says, "We function as individuals. We don't take donations and only accept bumper stickers (of IBD) and postage stamps to send out those stickers and create awareness

If you want to do good work, you simply do it."as the saying goes the more u give, the more you shall receive. To him and his family's relief, ends were met mysteriously through some way or the other.

Article source:

http://youthleader.in/2010/08/blood-by-sms-2/

Writer:

Ayesha Feroz Shapurji