Donor education, theology, and the craft of stewardship.
Flagship essays from the Ihsan Standard Editorial Hub. Abstracts are published now; the full essays — licensed CC BY 4.0 — publish during the pilot. Each essay will be linked from the page of any org whose work it discusses.
Yatāmā / Sacred Trust
Masjid / Sacred Trust
Zakat Theology, Fiqh & Practice
The Live Questions in Zakat Fiqh
The live debates in contemporary zakat practice that donors should understand: ʿāmilīna ʿalayhā treatment (can admin be paid from zakat?), muʾallafa qulūbuhum (is the reconciliation-of-hearts share still operative today?), fī sabīlillāh interpretation (restrictive, mainstream, or expansive?), the tamlīk requirement — and, where a project can't put wealth into a recipient's hands (wells, construction, tuition), whether the org restricts zakat to direct-possession disbursements or discloses the ḥīla it uses to satisfy tamlīk — plus lunar-year (hawl) distribution timing and cross-border allocation. We document the positions without picking sides.
26 min read · Abstract now · full essay publishing during the pilotRead abstract →Where Does Your Zakat Actually Go? Reading the Eight-Category Pie Chart
Sūrat al-Tawba 9:60 names eight categories of zakat recipients. Every org allocates differently across them — and the allocation pattern says a lot about how the org understands zakat. A guide to reading the pie chart, with the fiqh context for each category and what to look for when an allocation looks unusual.
18 min read · Abstract now · full essay publishing during the pilotRead abstract →
Donor Tools / Practical Guides
Spiritual-Theological Framing
Waqf & Endowment
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