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CWE-CWR-12 Compassion, Welfare & Environment Community Welfare & Relief CORE Excellence v2.9.7

Transparent zakāt and sadaqah distribution

Evaluates the organization's transparent systems for zakāt and sadaqah management. Upholding this sacred trust (amānah) is vital for institutional excellence, building donor confidence and ensuring that aid is distributed with integrity and accountability to verified recipients. The system must ensure zakat is allocated only to the Qur’anic asnāf (9:60) with a defined ‘āmil policy, and that sadaqah is treated as restricted where donor-imposed purposes apply under SORP fund accounting.

Compliance 10
  • Fund classification rule (Zakāt=Restricted)
    Compliance Essential
  • No cross-subsidy rule & cost allocation policy
    Financial Control Essential
  • Donor intent capture
    Process Essential
  • Separate accounting & reconciliations
    Financial Control Essential
  • Partner DD, end-use verification & Bribery Act controls
    Compliance Essential
  • Conflicts of interest & related party controls
    Governance Essential
  • Whistleblowing & anti-fraud (POCA)
    Governance Essential
  • Sanctions/terrorism screening
    Compliance Essential
  • GDPR DPIA & data security
    Compliance Essential
  • Safeguarding protocol
    Compliance Essential
Good 5
  • Verification of recipient eligibility (Asnāf)
    Process Essential
  • Published ‘āmil/admin cost policy
    Transparency Essential
  • Zakat aging & exception control
    Performance Essential
  • Public disclosure of distribution statistics
    Transparency Essential
  • Minimal administrative costs
    Excellence Medium
Better 3
  • Detailed annual zakāt/sadaqah report with impact
    Transparency High
  • Digital tracking with chain-of-custody
    Technology High
  • Privacy-preserving open data summary
    Transparency High
Best 3
  • Independent oversight committee (Shariah/Finance)
    Governance High
  • External assurance on restricted funds
    Assurance High
  • Automated sanctions/risk scoring workflow
    Compliance High

Related Criteria

CWE-CWR-01 Weekly Dignified Food Support Service (Food Bank, Pantry, or Hot Meals) CWE-CWR-02 Hardship-grant / zakāt emergency fund CWE-CWR-03 Volunteer management: hours logging, safer recruitment & safeguarding CWE-CWR-04 Partnerships with local authorities and community organisations (NGOs/VCSE) CWE-CWR-05 User-impact survey results
Version
2.9.7 2025-11-05

Discussion (1)

Administrator 2026-03-07 11:08:00.967968

📋 **Version updated: 1.0.0 → 2.9.7** **Changes:** Updated islamic_references from mizan-297.json

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