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Waqf and zakat institutions

Donors and beneficiaries both need to see where each amount went.

Zakat funds collect and distribute obligatory alms; waqf institutions manage endowed assets and spend their income on stated purposes. Both answer to donors, beneficiaries and often a public authority. IslamicOpenFinance™ records assessment, collection, eligibility and disbursement, and keeps waqf income separate from the endowed asset.

Financial products

What you build on IslamicOpenFinance™

1

Zakat assessment (illustrative)

Payers estimate zakat with the fund's settings; the tool states that it is illustrative and not a fatwa.

2

Collection

Payments arrive through cards, transfers and wallets, each with a receipt.

3

Eligibility and disbursement

Beneficiaries are assessed against the fund's criteria and paid, with every step recorded.

4

Waqf asset register

Endowed assets are recorded with their stated purpose and kept apart from their income.

5

Reporting

Donors and authorities receive reports of collections and disbursements with evidence.

Value chain

The actors in this chain

IslamicOpenFinance™ connects them with one contract model, one policy and one evidence trail.

Zakat payerZakat fundWaqf trustee (mutawalli)BeneficiariesDonorsPublic authority

Standard setters and regulators in the directory

Typical flow

A typical flow, step by step

  1. Assessment
  2. Nisab check
  3. Hawl date
  4. Payment
  5. Eligibility
  6. Disbursement
  7. Report

Live demo

See it in the terminal

Aisha's illustrative zakat estimate with Rifd Zakat Fund (demo): nisab check, hawl date in both calendars, and the disclaimer. Demo data

DemoAll institutions, people, amounts and events are fictional demonstration data. Nothing here is a Shariah ruling, an offer or advice; approving a product is for each institution's own Shariah board and regulator.

Glossary

Key terms for this sector

Build Waqf and zakat institutions on IslamicOpenFinance™.