Ramadan Fundraiser
- When? Friday May 1st to Sunday May 3rd
- What time? 1:30pm
- How can I watch? via our Fundraiser Hub
Why Give
Youth, Education and Outreach are the capstones of any strong community. Support IAR to help build programming that will strengthen our community for today and future generations. Give to IAR General Fund to reinforce IAR’s administrative core and learn how to pay your mandatory zakat.
Ways to Give:
Online:
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By Mail:
Mail a check to:
808 Atwater Street,
Raleigh NC, 27606
Donate to IAR
"Those who spend their wealth in God’s cause are like grains of corn that produce seven ears, each bearing a hundred grains. God gives multiple increase to whoever He wishes: He is limitless and all knowing." - Holy Quran 2:261
Want to make a difference? Here are some ways you can do the most good with your donations and support great work.
- Employer Contribution Matching: Click here!
- Online: via QGiv
- Via Text: tap here and enter your donation amount after the dollar sign.
- In person: we are happy to arrange for a pick up, please email us with your name, phone number, email and address and we’ll call you to coordinate pickup.
- Mail: Please mail your gift to: Islamic Association of Raleigh, 808 Atwater St, Raleigh, NC 27607
Iftar
"Yet he has not attempted the steep path. What explain to you what the steep path is? It is to free a slave, to feed at a time of hunger an orphaned relative or a poor person in distress." - Holy Quran 90:11-16
Give the gift of healthy food to a family in need this Ramadan. Iftar includes a fresh hot meal prepared daily by our Al-Ma’idah Kitchen. Our Ramadan Iftar program is an important part of IAR’s plan to support families in need in our community during Ramadan.
Fidya
$7 per day due by Eid
"Fast for a specific number of days, but if one of you is ill, or on a journey, on other days later. For those who can fast only with extreme difficulty, there is a way to compensate- feed a needy person. But if anyone does good of his own accord, it is better for him, and fasting is better for you, if only you knew." - Holy Quran 2:184
IAR is honored to handle your fidya/kaffara obligations. Your contributions will be distributed to community members who truly need it, in accordance with Islamic principles.
- Online: via ACS
Zakat
IAR is honored to handle your Zakat obligations. Your contributions will be distributed to community members who truly need it, in accordance with Islamic principles.
What can Zakat be used for and who is eligible?- The Poor
- The Destitute
- Those Collecting It
- To Soften the Hearts
- Freeing Individuals from Bondage
- Those in Debt
- In God’s Path
- The Wayfarer
Zakat-ul-Fitr
$13 per person by Eid
"Keep up the prayer and pay the prescribed alms. Whatever good you store up for yourselves, you will find it with God: He sees everything you do." Holy Quran 2:110
Who needs to pay Zakat-ul-Fitr? "Ibn ’Abbas (RAA) narrated, ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) enjoined Zakat-ul-fitr on the one who fasts (i.e. fasted during the month of Ramadan) to purify him from any indecent act or speech and for the purpose of providing food for the needy. It is accepted as Zakah for the person who pays it before the Eid prayer and it is Sadaqah (i.e. voluntary charity) for the person who pays it after the Eid prayer."Zakat-ul-Maal
In order to cleanse and purify them [Prophet], accept a gift out of their property [to make amends] and pray for them- your prayer will be a comfort to them. God is all hearing, all knowing." - Holy Quran 9:103
Contact an Imam via "religious inquiries" on the Imam's Corner if you need assistance with Zakah Calculations.
