It is quite simple. To raise a cause please follow these steps:

1. Create your account by clicking on “Sign Up”.
2. You will receive an email through which you can activate your user account and then Login with your email ID and Password.
3. Click Raise a Cause button and enter all the required details with supporting documents. Follow the document: How to Raise a Cause.
4. After the cause is raised, due verification of the documents and the applicant is carried out by a Cause Manager. If the raised Cause meets IndiaZakat’s KYC process and Shariah compliance, the Cause will be approved and will be made LIVE on the IndiaZakat platform for Donations.

• It may take from minimum 3 to 7 days or more depending upon cause description and proper supporting documents submitted.
• Post completion of KYC and verification the cause will be approved. You will receive email notification once your cause is approved.
• In case you do not respond to our verification team within 3 days, your Cause is likely to be rejected.

• Go to your account Dashboard -> Cause ID no. -> Go to Action – Click on ‘Make Withdrawal’ option in the dropdown.
• Once the request for withdrawal is received in our system, the IndiaZakat Team will verify the recipient information received.
• Post submission of bank transfer details, the fund will be released within 3 to 5 days.
• Partial withdrawal is also possible based on the necessity of the beneficiary.

Unlike other crowd-funding platforms, IndiaZakat.com doesn’t charge any commission or fees to the Applicants or to the Donors. The entire operations are run fee-sabilillah and the salary and admin expenses are completely borne by Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP). 100% of the funds received on the platform are given to the beneficiaries.

However, the Payment Gateway used for donations on the platform, deducts on an average of 2% fees including GST, on each donation before it reaches to us. Hence the beneficiary gets the total fund minus this fee.

IndiaZakat.com does not charge any processing fee, either to the Donor or to the Seeker. 100% of the amount collected on the platform less the payment gateway fee is disbursed on the beneficiary.

The administrative and operational expenses including salaries of resources are covered by Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP), the promoters of the platform.

Read more details at: https://indiazakat.com/Page/PricingRefund

However, the Payment Gateway used for donations on the platform, deducts on an average of 2% fees including GST, on each donation before it reaches to us. Hence the beneficiary gets the total fund minus this fee.

• As an individual, you can create multiple causes for your requirement like Education Fees, Medical Assistance etc. If you are raising cause on behalf of other Zakat beneficiaries, final beneficiary details have to be provided. Cause will be approved subject to all the documents being authentic.
• NGOs can create multiple causes on behalf of different beneficiaries. Cause will approved subject to beneficiary KYC verification and all the documents being authentic.
• If any individual or NGO is found creating causes with fake documents or fake situations, he/she/NGO will be blacklisted and banned for life from creating any cause on IndiaZakat platform.

It depends on the category of the Caused raised and based on the policy decided by the Management and Advisory Board of IndiaZakat.com.

• For Education its as per the fees requirement provided by the School/College/Institution.
• For Medical Assistance & Disaster relief, there is no limit as such but you have to justify and provide the quotation and bills.
• For Livelihood Assistance, a maximum of Rs. 50,000/- is provided however subject to management discretion, the limit can be increased.
• For Girls' Marriages a maximum sum of Rs. 25,000/- to cover the basic Shariah requirements.

In case of any exceptions, the final amount will be at the discretion of the Advisory Board.

100% of the amount collected on the platform is disbursed to the beneficiary.

However, the payment gateway deducts its fee of maximum upto 2.5% which also includes GST.

Kindly refer IndiaZakat's Pricing and Payment Policy page for details.

Once the cause becomes successful or ends as per term, the Cause-raiser can apply for withdrawal. The fund transfer would be initiated as per policy of IndiaZakat.com, for example:

• If the cause is related to Education, it will be to transferred (on behalf of cause raiser) into the School/College/Institution account.
• If the cause is related to Medical, the generated funds are transferred (on behalf of cause raiser) into the Hospital/Clinic/Pharmacy account.
• If the cause is related to Livelihood, the generated funds are transferred (on behalf of cause raiser) into the Vendors’ account from where the material is being purchased.

And so on...

In genuine circumstances, if the institution, hospital, or vendors don't provide their personal bank details, cause raiser has to send a written communication via mail regarding the same. After suitable verification by AMP Teams, IndiaZakat.com will transfer the amount directly to the beneficiary subject to approval by AMP and IndiaZakat.com teams.

Yes absolutely.

We have integrated a highly protected and automated payment gateway through which you can safely and securely donate your Zakat online.

Yes, Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP), whose initiative is IndiaZakat.com, provides 80G tax exemption certificates on donations

Funds donated to IndiaZakat or AMP are tax exempted (50% as per govt. norm) and 80G tax exemption receipt will be provided to donor post submission of Name, Email ID, Pan Card details.

IndiaZakat.com is a very transparent platform. All the Donations made on all the Causes are reflected on a real-time basis. Even minutest details are reflected on this page in LIVE manner, which is quite UNPRECEDENTED!

You get live updates by the minute. You may check the Dashboard here: https://indiazakat.com/LiveDashboard

Additionally, every cause raiser has access to a dedicated Dashboard to view the progress of their Cause.

• An Indian citizen from anywhere in the world can donate from any Indian bank account.
• A NRI Donor can also donate Zakat by using any Indian bank account.
• You can also donate via bank transfer option and make RTGS/NEFT/IMPS directly into our bank account.

IndiaZakat.com requests cause raisers to promote their own cause and helps in giving training on 'How to promote your cause'

There is a guideline document which is available for raising a cause: ‘How to Raise a Cause’

Once the cause is raised, a dedicated Cause Manager is assigned to each cause to support and guide during the entire Cause lifecycle.

• IndiaZakat.com requests cause raisers to promote their own cause and helps in giving training on 'How to promote your Cause' regularly. Since this is a crowd-funding platform, the raised cause has to be promoted to garner the required funds.
• The cause raiser and cause manager along with social media volunteers, promotes the cause on various social media platforms (FB, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter etc) in a systematic way to make it more effective/appealing. The Cause raiser can access the document on 'How to promote your Cause', for the same.
• IndiaZakat.com collects maximum donation through promotions done by its volunteer teams on social media platforms. If any cause raiser has problem or do not want their cause to be promoted on social media platforms has to inform our team. However, they can promote the cause among his/her family, relatives, friends and influential people/ groups in their respective city/state.
• During the cause promotion, a short video from the cause raiser/beneficiary is more effective to promote the cause on social media sites. Attach the video/images along with cause link and explain in a standard message.

Cash donations are not accepted.

You can donate via bank transfer option and make an RTGS/NEFT/IMPS directly into our following bank account;

Account Name: Association of Muslim Professionals - IndiaZakat

Account No.: 8345285045

Bank: Kotak Bank

Branch: Maratha Mandir, Mumbai Central

IFSC Code: KKBK0001348

Account type: Savings