Specialization and excellence in the service of Zakat through spreading awareness thereof, acceptance of the Zakat amounts and development of its resources, and spending it in the channels specified by Shari’ah, in order to achieve social development in the UAE.
Pioneering and Excellence in the Service of Zakat
The Manhal School Female Students offer donations to the Zakat Fund
His Excellency Abdullah Bin Oqeidah Al-Muheiri, the General Secretary of the Zakat Fund received a group of female students from Al-Manhal International School, during their visit to the Fund.
Twenty female students from Al-Manhal International School presented charity to the Fund to be distributed to the poor and the needy.
During the visit, the students listened to a simple explanation about the duty of Zakat and its impact on the development of the society, and creating compassion and cordiality among the society members, and were made familiar with the pioneering role of the Fund in reviving the Zakat neglected duty.
The Zakat Fund Presents 700 Thousand Dirhams to the Knowledge Authority
Within the "Read" project, initiated by the Zakat Fund, for the purpose of helping poor students, the Fund presented 700 thousand dirhams to the Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai to contribute to payment of their school fees.
Jamal Khalaf Al-Mazrui, Manager of the Zakat Resources and Information and Muhammad Sulaiman Al-Ballushi, Manager of the Beneficiaries Affairs Department presented a check with the amount of 212 thousand dirhams to Saeed Ghraib, Manager of the Resources Department in the Authority for supporting 130 students during the second semester.
The Zakat Fund Board of Directors holds a meeting to follow up work progress
Tuesday, 20 Rabi' I, 1430/March 17, 2009 The Zakat Fund board directors of held its first meeting for 2009 at its headquarters in Abu Dhabi. The meeting was chaired by His Excellency Dr. Hadif Bin Jaw'an Al-Dhahiry, Minister of Justice, and Board Chairman, and was attended by His Excellency Rashid Bin Demas Al-Swaidy, board Vice-Chairman, and by Faraj bin Hammouda and Mubarak Bin Abdullah Al-Muheiry, Ahmad Al-Khatiri, Sultan Al-Matroushi, Ibrahim Al-Ali, Abdullah Al-Yamahi the board members, and His Excellency Abdullah Bin Oqeidah Al-Muheiri, the Fund General Secretary.
The Manhal School Female Students offer donations to the Zakat Fund
His Excellency Abdullah Bin Oqeidah Al-Muheiri, the General Secretary of the Zakat Fund received a group of female students from Al-Manhal International School, during their visit to the Fund.
Twenty female students from Al-Manhal International School presented charity to the Fund to be distributed to the poor and the needy.
During the visit, the students listened to a simple explanation about the duty of Zakat and its impact on the development of the society, and creating compassion and cordiality among the society members, and were made familiar with the pioneering role of the Fund in reviving the Zakat neglected duty.
The Zakat Fund Presents 700 Thousand Dirhams to the Knowledge Authority
Within the "Read" project, initiated by the Zakat Fund, for the purpose of helping poor students, the Fund presented 700 thousand dirhams to the Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai to contribute to payment of their school fees.
Jamal Khalaf Al-Mazrui, Manager of the Zakat Resources and Information and Muhammad Sulaiman Al-Ballushi, Manager of the Beneficiaries Affairs Department presented a check with the amount of 212 thousand dirhams to Saeed Ghraib, Manager of the Resources Department in the Authority for supporting 130 students during the second semester.
The Zakat Fund Board of Directors holds a meeting to follow up work progress
Tuesday, 20 Rabi' I, 1430/March 17, 2009 The Zakat Fund board directors of held its first meeting for 2009 at its headquarters in Abu Dhabi. The meeting was chaired by His Excellency Dr. Hadif Bin Jaw'an Al-Dhahiry, Minister of Justice, and Board Chairman, and was attended by His Excellency Rashid Bin Demas Al-Swaidy, board Vice-Chairman, and by Faraj bin Hammouda and Mubarak Bin Abdullah Al-Muheiry, Ahmad Al-Khatiri, Sultan Al-Matroushi, Ibrahim Al-Ali, Abdullah Al-Yamahi the board members, and His Excellency Abdullah Bin Oqeidah Al-Muheiri, the Fund General Secretary.
Beit Al-Kheir Society honors the charitable efforts of the Zakat Fund
Abdeen Taher Al-Awadi, Deputy Manager of Administrative Affairs of Beit Al-Kheir Society has honored the Zakat Fund in Abu Dhabi, represented in Abdullah Bin Oqeidah Al-Muheiry, General Secretary of the Fund for the Fund's contribution during the last period represented in supporting 160 families registered in Beit Al-Kheir Society.
Al-Awadi said: It is important to honor charitable partners topped by the Zakat Fund due to their contributions. The Fund has spared no effort in providing assistance and help to the needy people, and we have informed the needy families of the entity providing the assistance.
The revenues of the Zakat Fund in 5 years reached one hundred and fifty eight million dirhams
The total revenues of the Zakat Fund over the past five years, since the foundation of the Fund, reached 158 million, 31 thousand, and 922 dirhams. The Fund suffers from a shortage of human resources as it has lost more than 50% of its qualified cadres due to poor salaries in the local bodies and ministries. However, the Fund approved unprecedented technology for the calculation of Zakat and disbursing it to beneficiaries, through ATM machines which will be soon installed in all the commercial centers and societies to facilitate Zakat distribution.
The Zakat Fund provides one million and nine hundred thousand dirhams to the different educational districts in the UAE and values the initiative of His Highness Sheikh Muhammad Bin Zayed
In materialization of the Fund's strategy of local social work, and in continuation of the project Iqra' launched by the Fund in 2005 to improve the standard of living of the Zakat recipients, yesterday morning at its headquarters in Abu Dhabi, the Zakat Fund presented checks with the value of one million and nine hundred thousand dirhams to Abu Dhabi, Al-Gharbiya , Fujairah and Umm Al-Quwain educational districts, and the Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai, Sharjah the East Branch, to be distributed to 1067 students for the payment of school fees.
In Collaboration with the Red Crescent, the Zakat Fund supports Iqra' Project with 528 thousand dirhams distributed to 320 students in Al-Ain
In Collaboration with the Red Crescent, the Zakat Fund supports Iqra' Project with 528 thousand dirhams distributed to 320 students in Al-Ain
This comes in application of the strategic objectives of the Zakat Fund, which promote cooperation and coordination with the local bodies and institutions concerned with social work to achieve the charitable purposes of the Fund. In the context of enhancing communication with these organizations and bodies and for achieving the strategic goals in serving the students by helping them continue with their education through the Iqra' project, the Zakat Fund presented a check with the value of 528 thousand dirhams to the Red Crescent in Al-Ain to distribute them to the students at Al-Ain educational district in the presence of Mr. Hamad Saeed Al-Shamsi, Manager of the Red Crescent in Al-Ain.
The Zakat Fund Board of Directors holds its fifth final meeting for 2008
The Board agrees to exempt the UAE nationals from the experience requirement for employment
The Zakat Fund held its fifth final meeting for 2008 at its headquarters in Abu Dhabi, under the chairmanship of His Excellency Dr. Hadif Bin Jaw'an Al-Dhahiry, Minister of Justice and Chairman of the board of directors, where he briefed the board on the achievements of the Fund according to the operational plan of the Fund's strategic objectives.
The board praised the special visit paid by His Highness Sheikh Muhammad Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, the Vice-President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai to the Fund's wing at GITEX Exhibit, where he reviewed the first ATM designed for the acceptance and disbursement of Zakat, and praised the role of the Fund and its continuous development for the service of the Zakat duty.
The Zakat Fund launches two courses in Abu Dhabi and Al-Ain
The Zakat Fund launched two specialized courses in Abu Dhabi and Al-Ain, as part of the Fund's strategic plans to spread Zakat awareness in the society. A special course was launched in the Gulf States addressing the simplification and streamlining of work procedures, being the second course of its kind organized by the Zakat Fund in the UAE in the context of continuous cooperation and coordination with the Zakat Funds in the GCC States.
Within the Strategic Objectives of the Zakat Fund for 2008 for Improving the Beneficiaries Standard of Living
A delegation from the Zakat Fund to visit the needy and eligible patients in hospitals in the Northern Emirates and distribute financial assistance to them
Within the strategic plan of the Zakat Fund for improving the standard of living of the deserving and needy categories, and in materialization of the operational annual plan through the "patients' welfare" project, a delegation from the Zakat Fund board of directors, headed by His Excellency Mr. Ahmad Al-Khatiri and His Excellency Abdullah Al-Yamahi, the board members paid visits to a number of hospitals in the UAE Northern Emirates in order to alleviate the patients' suffering. They also presented some gifts to the patients and the distributed financial assistance to the needy patients in coordination with the hospital administration.
The Zakat Fund distributes 8 million dirhams and facilitates the procedures of delivery to the beneficiaries
Abu Dhabi Friday, December 12, 2008 Zayid al-Dakheel: The Zakat Fund Disbursement Committee decided to distribute 8 million dirhams to beneficiaries, according to Jamal Khalaf Al-Mazrou'i, Manager of the Department of the Zakat Resources and Information. During its recent meeting chaired by Abdullah Oqeidah Al-Muheiry, General Secretary of the Zakat Fund, the Committee decided to distribute said amounts to students, Humayd Bin Rashid Orphanage, the "Iqra (read)" project, as well as a number of families and individual cases, the retired military personnel, and the people with special needs.
The Zakat Fund seeks to achieve societal solidarity and compassion in Abu Dhabi
Zayid Al-Dakheel: The Zakat Fund is implementing a number of charitable projects which seek to achieve the slogan of "Societal solidarity and compassion", which reflects its role in the development of charitable work and the needy categories according to the principles of Shari'ah, as well as the Fund's ambitions, plans, and programs for the welfare of the poor and the needy beneficiaries.
The Zakat Fund launches the "Fikraty (my idea)" program
His Excellency Abdullah Oqeidah Al-Muheiry Aqeedah, General Secretary of the Zakat Fund held a regular meeting for the Fund's staff, during which he praised the achievements made by the Fund in the first half of 2008.
His Excellency honored the outstanding staff, thanked them warmly, and expressed his sincere appreciation for their efforts in the service of the Fund and their brilliant ideas which they presented to help in the progress and advancement of the standard of services provided by the Fund over their period of work. He also valued their dedication to work and the service of both the UAE nationals and residents.
The Minister of Justice honors the founders and supporters of the Zakat Fund
Tuesday, Dhul-Qa'dah 13, 1429 AH / November 11, 2008 His Excellency Abdullah Oqeidah Al-Muheiry Aqeedah, General Secretary of the Zakat Fund held a regular meeting for the Fund's staff, during which he praised the achievements made by the Fund in the first half of 2008.
His Excellency honored the outstanding staff, thanked them warmly, and expressed his sincere appreciation for their efforts in the service of the Fund and their brilliant ideas which they presented to help in the progress and advancement of the standard of services provided by the Fund over their period of work. He also valued their dedication to work and the service of both the UAE nationals and residents.
After mobile phones and the Internet, Zakat payment is now available through the ATMs
Tuesday, Shawwal 22, 1429 AH/ October 21, 2008 After the payment of Zakat through mobile phones and the Internet, the Zakat Fund launched the first service of its kind in the UAE and the whole region that enables the calculation and payment of Zakat in cash and by credit cards through the use of the special ATMs of the Fund, which will be available throughout the UAE very soon. This came during its participation in the Getex Exhibition at Dubai in 2008.
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