Zakat Sevilla’ 2023 report

The following is the annual report on the collection and distribution of Zakat through the Seville Mosque Foundation for the year 2023.

It is a tremendous gift to witness the greatness, baraka, benefit and social justice that the establishment of Zakat, the pillar of Islam, brings through its active implementation.

Being on the front line of its distribution to the most needy, the poor and the most vulnerable, we are privileged witnesses to the direct and indisputable blessing it has had on hundreds of lives over the past year.

Once again this year we are honored and overwhelmed by the responsibility and trust that continues to be placed in us for collection and distribution.

Through the initiative of ‘Zakat Sevilla‘, started in 2019 with the intention of establishing the third pillar of Islam, we have already completed five years increasing year after year the amount collected and distributed, and thus the benefit among those who receive and pay it, alhamdulillah.

This initiative, which arose with the intention of establishing a platform to facilitate that those who have to receive Zakat know where and how they can do it, and those who have to pay it know how and how much, in a transparent and responsible way among the Muslims of Seville, is bearing its fruits and benefits beyond what we could have imagined when it started.

The following is the annual report for the year 2023. And we ask Allah to make it easy for us to continue and expand this noble task. May Allah accept it from those who give it and bless them for it, purify their wealth and put baraka on them. May it be a benefit and relief to all who receive it. And may it increase us in taqwa and discernment at the time of its distribution. Amin.

The Zakat collected is distributed in its entirety in the categories specified in the Qur’an. The Seville Mosque Foundation does not use or distribute for its own purposes, expenses or projects anything destined to Zakat.

This report is done on a calendar year basis for the sake of accountability and transparency. Zakat is collected and distributed on a daily basis. All Zakat collected is distributed within the same calendar year. The balance in the account shows provision for the coming months. The demand for Zakat is constant and predictable, the collection can be more variable and uneven.

The bank charges for the specific Zakat account amounted to €344.58, which were paid by the Seville Mosque Foundation.

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On May 31, 2024, a Joint Act of Manifestations and Protocolization, number one thousand six hundred and forty two, was made to raise to public the annual report of the year 2023, as well as the reports of previous years. This was done on the basis of a report commissioned to a law firm for the qualification and legal feasibility of the distribution of Zakat, according to the parameters followed.

In order to provide total transparency throughout the process, the Seville Mosque Foundation, without prejudice to the presentation and rendering of accounts to the Protectorate of Foundations, has decided to grant a notarized record of statements on an annual basis in which the total amounts received and delivered as zakat monthly and annually, as well as the number of beneficiaries of the same, will be recorded.

This process is carried out ensuring that any action or process performed respects and protects the privacy and personal data rights of all individuals involved.