And those -have won indeed- who commit to paying their Zakaat (Quran 18:4)
It is that time of the year when we are given a chance to cleanse our monies by donating a portion of it to the poor. Take charitable donations -O Prophet of Allah- from their wealth to cleanse them with it (Quran 11:103).
It is worth remembering that two forms of Zakaat are collected at Mawlawi Kurdish Cultural Centre/ Masjid Sheikh Raouf Barzinji
Zakat on wealth.
Zakat-ul Fitr
Zakat on wealth: Our scholars have assessed that in our day and age, any accumulated wealth - that has matured for one year - worth a value of £4350 become obligated to extract zakat from it at the value of 2.5%.
Zakat-ul Fitr: The significance of Zakt-ul Fitr is to account for a donation for any shortfalling in our Ramadhan worship and Fasting. Zakat-ul Fitr is calculated to be £6 per person for this Ramadhan for the whole month. So for example; a family of two will pay £12 Zakat-ul Fitr this Ramadhan.
Fidya: However, there are those of us who cannot fast due to health reasons in exchange for which a certain donation amount is defined. Fidya is calculated as £6 per person per day of missed fasting due to reasonable health or travel.
All of your donations will be spent on providing food parcels to poor households.