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Tag: Zakat

  • Tears as foundation doles out over N30m Zakat

    THE first set of beneficiaries of Zakat proceeds were yesterday moved to tears as they received cheques and other materials worth N5.2 million for accommodation, empowerment and medical aid.

    The second set, mainly for medical assistance, would receive the remaining N25.7 million in few weeks.

    Over 46 beneficiaries, including two Christians, received the assistance courtesy of

    Zakat and Sadaqat Foundation (ZSF), a faith-based charity organisation.

    The presentation took place at the corporate Head Office of the organisation in Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), Onikan.

    While many battled to control their emotions, it was not so for Mrs Risikatu Lasisi and a Christian, Mrs. Toyin Oluwatosin, as they received deep freezer, generator, stabilizer and cheque respectively.

    The traders betrayed their emotions and thanked the foundation for giving them new lease of life.

    ZSF Executive Director, Imam Abdullahi Shuaib, told reporters that the foundation was inundated with distress calls and requests.

    He said the Zakah fund realised during the just- concluded Ramadan fast courtesy of Nigerian Muslims, will offer them a new lease of life.

    He said: “We are concerned about the humanity and welfare of Nigerians. Our activities are driven by Islamic principles based on the sayings of Prophet Muhammad that ‘whoever alleviates a suffering from one, Allah will alleviate his lot in this world and the next’”.

     

  • Zakat foundation lifts 39

    A humanitarian organisation, Zakat and Sadaqat Foundation (ZSF), has distributed materials and cheques worth over two million naira to 39 beneficiaries in Osun and neighbouring states.

    The annual Zakat Distribution Ceremony (ZDC) held at the Local Government Service Commission Hall, Osogbo, capital of Osun State was the third of its kind in the ‘Living Spring State.’

    Chairman of the foundation, Prince Sulayman Olagunju, described the event as another historical landmark in the annals of the history the foundation in the state.

    Olagunju congratulated the 39 beneficiaries who scaled through the rigour of the Screening Committee of the foundation before been selected.

    He said: “You shall be going home with the total sum of Two million and fifty-four thousand two hundred and fifty naira only (N2, 054, 250.00). I urge you to make good use of the Zakat fund that will be disbursed to you. You should be reminded that whatever you are collecting today is an Amanah, a Trust from Allah and the Zakat payers. You shall be called upon on the Day of Reckoning to give detailed account of how you dispense it in this world.”

    Executive Director of the foundation, Alhaji Abdullahi Shuaib, said the foundation has engaged in mobilising, conscientising and sensitising Muslims and non-Muslims to cultivate the culture of donating generously their Sadaqah (i.e. charities) to the foundation in order to enable it accomplish the needs and demands of the weak, women, children and the poor in the state.

    The Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, hailed the foundation for spreading the goodwill of Islam to humanity.