Our Zakat Program

Your Zakat helps families build a more stable future

United for Assistance collects Zakat al-Maal to support eligible people facing financial hardship. Through livelihood initiatives and practical assistance, your contribution helps recipients meet their needs and build opportunities to support themselves and their families.

UFORA Zakat al-Maal program
Supporting livelihoods through UFORA’s Zakat program.

Who we support

People and families experiencing financial hardship who meet the eligibility criteria for Zakat assistance.

What your Zakat supports

Livelihood activities such as small trade, poultry raising, and goat farming, according to recipients’ needs and the approved project.

Where we work

Our Zakat livelihood initiatives have supported recipients in Rwanda and Burundi.

How your contribution becomes support

  1. Identify needs

    Local contacts identify people or families requiring assistance.

  2. Assess eligibility

    UFORA reviews the recipient’s situation and proposed support against its approved Zakat criteria.

  3. Provide assistance

    Contributions fund the approved assistance or livelihood activity.

  4. Follow up

    UFORA collects updates to document delivery and monitor progress.

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Have a question about UFORA’s Zakat program? Contact us at info@ufora.org .

Get to know the Zakat

Zakat, or Zakatul Maal, is one of the five pillars of Islam, along with prayer, fasting, pilgrimage (Hajj) and belief in Allah (SWT) and His Messenger, Prophet Muhammad (SAW). For every sane, adult Muslim who owns wealth over a certain amount – known as the nisab – he or she must pay 2.5% of that wealth as Zakat.

“…and those in whose wealth there is a recognized right, for the needy and deprived” (Qur’an 70:24-25)

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Nisab Value

Nisab is the minimum amount of wealth a Muslim must possess before Zakat becomes obligatory. The values below are estimates and may fluctuate according to gold, silver, and exchange rates.

CountrySilver NisabGold NisabCurrency
CanadaCAD 2,345 (Ref: May 12, 2026)CAD 18,174 (Ref: May 12, 2026)CAD
USAUSD 1,708 (Ref: May 12, 2026)USD 13,329 (Ref: May 12, 2026)USD
BelgiumEUR 1,457 (Ref: May 12, 2026)EUR 11,356 (Ref: May 12, 2026)EUR
FranceEUR 1,457 (Ref: May 12, 2026)EUR 11,356 (Ref: May 12, 2026)EUR
RwandaRWF 2,498,668 (Ref: May 12, 2026)RWF 19,493,240 (Ref: May 12, 2026)RWF
BurundiBIF 5,086,158 (Ref: May 12, 2026)BIF 39,679,426 (Ref: May 12, 2026)BIF

The silver Nisab is commonly used because it allows more people in need to benefit from Zakat. Please verify the latest market value before calculating your Zakat.

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Zakat FAQs

Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam. It is a compulsory donation to charity by all Muslims who reach the minimum threshold for payment (Nisab).

Zakat is 2.5% of your total zakatable (eligible) wealth. Therefore if you have $10,000 of wealth liable to Zakat, you would pay $250.

In explanations of Zakat, you may hear the term ‘hawl’ – which means a lunar year. Therefore, a hawl (lunar year) is 354 days long.
 
You should make your zakat payment one hawl (lunar year) after you become eligible to pay Zakat. However, this is only if your wealth on that date is still at – or above – the nisab threshold and has been so throughout the hawl.
The Nisab is the minimum amount of wealth a Muslim must possess before they become eligible to pay Zakat. This amount is often referred to as the nisab threshold.
 
Gold and silver are the two values used to calculate the nisab threshold. The nisab is the value of 87.48 grams of gold or 612.36 grams of silver.
 
In the Hanafi madhab, the value of silver is used to ascertain the nisab threshold and eligibility to pay Zakat. The other madhabs use the value of gold.
 
United for Assistance advises its donors to use the silver value (which is almost always a lower threshold to gold) because this allows for a greater amount to be eligible for Zakat, which means more help for deserving Zakat recipients.

The Nisab value is what an individual must have before they are required to pay zakat. An individual can calculate this based on the value of gold or silver that they have. However, by using the silver value, it means that more people are likely to be eligible for zakat, which means more money benefiting the poor and needy.