Nairobi Ummah Fund
Monthly staples for Al-Fuqara widows — Eastleigh, Nairobi
- Raised
- KSh312,000
- Goal
- KSh550,000
- Funded
- 57%
Ramadan 1447 Zakat Drive — open now
Purify what
you hold.
Restore what
they lost.
Aidcause takes your zakat to one of the eight asnaf the Qur'an names in Surah At-Tawbah — no pooled fund, no unnamed overhead.
1,842 zakat payers this month
Rated 4.9 / 5 across 500+ verified reviews
$405,383
Zakat distributed, all time
99%
Reaches asnaf directly
48h
Median time to distribute
27+
Countries with live programs
Surah At-Tawbah 9:60
Eight shares.Every one of them tagged.
الفقراء
Al-Fuqara — the poor
Share 01 of 08Households with no meaningful income or assets to fall back on. On Aidcause this is mostly recurring staples, rent arrears and school costs for families a verified local organization already visits in person.
- Share of total
- 31%
- Distributed
- $125,668
- Open cases
- 18
المساكين
Al-Masakin — the needy
Share 02 of 08People who earn, but not enough to cover their basic needs. Typical cases are housing repair, medical costs and getting a small trade back on its feet after a bad season.
- Share of total
- 24%
- Distributed
- $97,291
- Open cases
- 14
العاملين عليها
Al-Amilin — those who administer it
Share 03 of 08The people who collect, verify and hand out zakat. Aidcause publishes every unit spent here as a line item, because this is the one share where a platform could quietly help itself and hope nobody checks.
- Share of total
- 4%
- Distributed
- $16,215
- Open cases
- 2
المؤلفة قلوبهم
Al-Mu'allaf — hearts to be reconciled
Share 04 of 08New Muslims and those whose ties to the community need strengthening, often at a moment when converting has cost them family support, housing or work.
- Share of total
- 2%
- Distributed
- $8,107
- Open cases
- 2
الرقاب
Ar-Riqab — freeing those in bondage
Share 05 of 08Historically the freeing of slaves; today, buying people out of bonded labour and trafficking, and covering the legal work that keeps them out of it afterwards.
- Share of total
- 5%
- Distributed
- $20,269
- Open cases
- 3
الغارمين
Al-Gharimin — those in debt
Share 06 of 08People carrying debt they took on for necessities, not luxury — hospital bills, funeral costs, a failed harvest. Cases here publish the creditor, the amount and the settlement confirmation once it clears.
- Share of total
- 17%
- Distributed
- $68,915
- Open cases
- 9
في سبيل الله
Fi Sabilillah — in the cause of Allah
Share 07 of 08Work that serves the wider community rather than one household: clean water, clinics, teaching, and relief crews reaching places other funding does not.
- Share of total
- 13%
- Distributed
- $52,699
- Open cases
- 7
ابن السبيل
Ibn as-Sabil — the stranded traveller
Share 08 of 08Someone cut off from their means while away from home — a migrant worker left unpaid, a family displaced by flooding, a student stranded by a closed border. Usually small amounts, urgently.
- Share of total
- 4%
- Distributed
- $16,215
- Open cases
- 4
One is a debt. One is a gift.
Both are welcome here, and the platform keeps them apart — zakat funds only ever reach zakat-eligible cases.
Obligatory
Zakat
2.5% of qualifying wealth, once every lunar year
A fixed share of wealth that already belongs, by right, to someone else. Once your assets sit above the nisab for a full lunar year, it is owed — not offered.
- Threshold
- Nisab
- Timing
- One hawl
- Recipients
- 8 asnaf only
Voluntary
Sadaqah
Any amount No minimum, no ceiling.
Anything you choose to give beyond what you owe. No threshold, no calendar, no restriction on who receives it — including the causes zakat rules cannot reach.
- Threshold
- None
- Timing
- Any day
- Recipients
- Any cause
Not sure whether you owe zakat?
Enter your savings, gold and other assets. The calculator checks them against the nisab and shows exactly what is due.
Calculate my zakatIn Islamic teaching, wealth is held in trust — a fixed share of it belongs, by right, to those who have not yet received their share. Zakat isn't charity in the ordinary sense; it's a debt settled, and sadaqah is what you choose to give beyond it.
A principle at the heart of zakat & sadaqah
See how the funds are kept apart
Open right now
Real asnaf,verified and waiting.
Every case below has been through a platform audit and carries the asnaf category it was filed under.
Al-Gharimin — clearing medical debt for garment workers
Raised $96,400.00
Goal $250,000.00
$96,400.00 raised of $250,000.00 (39%)
Al-Masakin housing repair — Old City, Hyderabad
Raised ₹142,000.00
Goal ₹300,000.00
₹142,000.00 raised of ₹300,000.00 (47%)
Ar-Riqab
Buying out four bonded brick-kiln workers — Kasur
₨410,000 of ₨600,000 · 68%
Ibn as-Sabil
Return fares for unpaid migrant workers stranded in Amman
$3,180 of $7,500 · 42%
Fi Sabilillah
Solar pump for the Mombasa community well
KSh880,000 of KSh1,100,000 · 80%
Al-Mu'allaf
Six months' rent for new Muslims who lost housing — Istanbul
₺72,000 of ₺180,000 · 40%
From your account to theirs
Five steps,all of them public.
Nothing moves between these steps without a record anyone can open, including you.
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Work out what's owed
Check your wealth against the gold or silver nisab and take 2.5% of what has sat above it for a full lunar year.
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Choose the share
Pick an open case under one of the eight asnaf, or let the fund allocate across the categories with the largest gaps.
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Pay into escrow
Funds are held against the case, never pooled with platform money, and the transaction appears on the ledger straight away.
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Audit, then release
A verifier confirms the recipient still qualifies under that asnaf before anything is released to the organization.
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Receipt goes public
Distribution is posted with date, amount and recipient reference — on the case, on the ledger, and in your dashboard.
Zakat distribution by asnaf — all time
$405,383.00
Split across all eight categories, weighted by where verified need was heaviest.
- Al-Fuqara 31%
- Al-Masakin 24%
- Al-Gharimin 17%
- Fi Sabilillah 13%
- Ar-Riqab 5%
- Ibn as-Sabil 4%
- Al-Amilin 4%
- Al-Mu'allaf 2%
- Zakat payers this month
- 1,842
- Asnaf cases fully funded
- 214
- Distributed, past 30 days
- $58,920
Take a step
Four ways in,whichever side you're on.
Give it, follow it, distribute it, or ask for it — the same ledger covers all four.
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Give zakat
Pay into an open asnaf case or the general zakat pool, and follow it from pledge through to distribution.
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Every payment becomes a public record tagged with its asnaf category, from first pledge to final receipt.
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File a help request, get matched to the asnaf category you qualify under, and track your case publicly.
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