Frequently Asked Questions
Welcome to the Benefits For Ummah FAQ’s! Here you’ll find answers to the most common questions about our mission, services, and how you can get involved. Whether you’re curious about our projects or looking for guidance, we’re here to help you understand how we’re working together for the betterment of the Ummah.
Benefits For Ummah Inc, is a volunteer based non-profit organization committed to making a positive impact on the world. Our mission is simple: Moving forward for the welfare of the world.
Through our efforts with your help, we aim to reach every corner of the world where people are suffering and create a more just and equitable world where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. Whether it’s providing disaster relief in the aftermath of a natural disaster or supporting communities struggling with conflict or economic instability, we are committed to being there.
We believe that every person deserves access to the basic necessities of life, including food, shelter, and medical care. Through our programs and appeals, we are working to help those who are struggling to overcome poverty and build a better future for themselves and their families.
Supporting Benefits For Ummah is an opportunity to make a positive impact on the world and be a part of creating a brighter future for everyone.
We provide life-saving humanitarian assistance to those who are struggling, and your support can help us to continue and expand our programs. We have a team of dedicated and experienced professionals who are committed to ensuring that your support goes directly to the people who need it most.
Our vision extends far beyond Bangladesh. We dream of reaching every corner of the world where people are suffering and in need of our support.
We have a strong track record of working effectively and efficiently to help people in need.
We believe that everyone has a role to play in creating a better world. By supporting Benefits For Ummah, you can be a part of this important work and help to create a brighter future for everyone.
As we are Islamic non profit organization, most of our volunteer do the work for free hoping reward in Akhirah, so it lower our organizational overheads in a huge number. We are careful and strict with our spending, prioritizing our programmatic activities over non-essential expenses. We carefully evaluate every expense to ensure that it is necessary and aligned with our mission. Our financial team is expert in this, they keep our financial report crystal clear, and made a better financial management plan.
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Yes, Your donation is IRS tax deductible. Benefits for Ummah Inc is a IRS approved Section 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization. Donors can deduct their contributions they make to the Benefits for Ummah Inc.
We will use your donation only for the indeed purpose only. We track all our programs and appeal records and provide them to our donors so they can clearly know where there money is spend. If you still have doubt in your mind, contact us and we will assist you.
If you have donated to the emergency programs, all the donations we will use to help people in emergencies. We won’t use the funds from emergency programs for other charity causes.
It’s very simple to donate for feeding during the month of Ramadan. Go to our program option; there, you will get an option for Ramadan, and click on that. On the Ramadan page, you will get a donation option and an option to select how much you want to donate. Click on that, add your card, and that’s it. Or, if you wish to arrange an iftar for poor and needy people, you can email us or contact us on our page to let us know your requirements. We will be happy to assist you.
Yes, it’s safe to donate online with your credit card. Benefits for Ummah accept donations securely through PayPal and Credit or Debit Cards. So, you can donate online securely through PayPal with your credit card without worrying about risk. You can send a donation through Zelle as well at benefitsforummah@gmail.com.
We are really sorry for that; you can contact us at our helpline number or email us at support@benefitsforummah.com and let us know your details so we can help you. Don’t worry; your donation won’t be wasted; we will find out what happened very soon.
Yes, you can donate anonymously. While donating, you can mark the check box this is an anonymous donation. Also, you don’t have to worry about that, as we keep all our donor’s and donations’ data safe and secure, and nothing will be disclosed to anyone outside of our privacy policy.
If you want, your donation can be confidential; some donations like sadaqah jariyah and aqeeqah should be dedicated by name. Leaving these two, all our donor’s identities won’t be revealed to anyone. We have policies in place to protect the confidentiality of donor information. This includes securing donor information and only sharing it with authorized individuals only when it’s essential and legitimate. Donors also have the option to give anonymously, which can further protect their privacy.
Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam. It refers to the obligation of giving a certain portion of a person’s total wealth to purify their wealth. If someone has more than a Nisab amount of wealth, including cash, investments, and property that has been owned for more than a year, he has to distribute 2.5% of the total wealth to the poor and needy.
Zakat is Farz on people with more than Nisab wealth for more than one year. And the year is countable from Ramadan to Ramadan. So it is best to be paid in Ramadan.
Unlike regular Sadaqah, you can’t give zakat to anyone. Zakat is considered as an act of social justice and an important way to alleviate societal poverty and inequality. So, zakat is the right of the less fortunate. According to Quran, 8 categories of people have the right on Zakat- the poor, needy, zakat distributors, newly converted Muslims, and pedestrians. Or you can use the money to free an enslaved person, to repay someone’s debt, or in the path of Allah SWT.
Yes, we accept donations for Sadaqah and distribute them among needy people as a form of food, money, clothes, healthcare, and education. If you want, we can also arrange a feast to feed the people on your behalf of you or use the money for Sadaqah Jariyah so you can be benefited after death as well.
Yes, we accept donations for Aqiqah, and sacrifice Aqiqah animals following the rules as our Prophet instructed. We also distribute the meat in the right way among the orphans, poor and needy people.
An orphan is a child who has lost their living parent, like a father or both parents, through death, abandonment, or other circumstances that leave them without parental care and support. In some cases, we also define orphans if they have one surviving parent who is unable or unwilling to provide adequate care and support.
As we know, any child who lost their guardian or father is an orphan, but not all orphan needs financial help or sponsorship. Some orphans have legal guardians with enough wealth to take care of them after their parent loss to live. So, we select orphans for our sponsorship or other programs depending on the orphan’s financial condition. Those who don’t have someone to take care of or have someone to look after but not enough money to live and education are the ones who are included in our list.
Right now we are only supporting orphans in Bangladesh. As you know Bangladesh is still growing but most of the poor families are still struggle for living. And when a poor family child ( we support only poor orphans) lost his father, he just lost everything. So we are trying to help them in standing on their feet and taking their responsibilities until they become capable. Very soon, when we will have enough resource to spread, we will support other countries orphans as well.
An orphan benefit from our program in many ways. Orphans who are under our sponsorship receive essential items and money each month, so they don’t have to face any difficulties with basic needs, including food, education, medical help, etc. And we also keep updating and tracking their educational and other improvements so we can inform the sponsor about the orphan.
You can support an orphan as long as you want. Most children are considered adults after 18 years, so many sponsors want to care for an orphan until they turn adults. But some sponsors are also there who want to sponsor an orphan until they complete their education or have a way to earn and feed themselves. It’s totally up to you for how long you want to support an orphan. And if you can’t afford it, you can also sponsor a child for a year, two, or five years as well.
Yes, you can choose the child you want to sponsor. We will send you the child’s profile with all the information and pictures, and then you can select as your wish whom you want to sponsor.
Yes, you can communicate with your sponsored child. After selecting your desired child, we will send you a confirmation email and the contactable ways once the procedure is done, so you can easily communicate with the child.
After a fixed period or on a monthly basis, you will get all the updates on your child, how and where your money is spent, the child’s growth, and his educational improvement.
Once you have finalized the child you want to sponsor and make the payments, we will complete the procedures and send you a confirmation email or contact you with the information about your sponsored child in a few weeks. It will take around two weeks to 1 month and sometimes more. If you don’t get any response from us after 6 weeks, you can contact us to hear further.
All of your money will go to the child you will sponsor. When you have donate for a child sponsorship, you money will be spent on orphans look after, study, medical check up, good food, clothing, and other basic necessities. You will get all the reports and you can also contact the child and the legal guardian to get confirmation.
We don’t have any bound that you have to take sponsorship for a long time. You can choose your sponsorship time as you can afford. You can sponser a child untill he become adult, or capable of earning, or if can’t afford then a few months of sponsorship is also available.