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Hidaya Academy of Champaign Urbana
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Mission and Vision
    • Meet the board
    • Meet the team
  • Academics and Services
    • Pre-Kindergarten
    • Elementary School K-7
    • Whole Child Philosphy
    • Illinois ISBE Recognition
    • Hidaya Basketball
    • Extracurriculars
  • Admissions
    • Admission Requirements
    • Tuition and Scholarships
    • Admissions Check List
  • Donate
  • Employment
  • Contact Us
  • Parent Resources
  • Hot Lunch
  • Prayers at Hidaya
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Donate ZAKAT and Sadaqah Today

By supporting Hidaya Academy of Champaign-Urbana, you're helping to provide a unique learning experience that will enrich the lives of our students and strengthen our Muslim community. Your donation will directly help cover scholarship support for our students and other expenses such as insurance, rent, utilities, supplies, furniture, and teacher salaries. A majority of our interested students need financial aid to attend the school, and our goal is to utilize as much of the donations for these scholarships. We want to ensure that no student is left behind due to financial barriers.


“When a person dies, all their deeds end except three: a continuing charity, beneficial knowledge and a child who prays for them.” - (Muslim)

Donation Options

School Operation

School Operation

School Operation

Please sponsor and help keep the school running by donating towards the monthly expenses which include electricity, gas, water, internet, insurance, housekeeping and minor maintenance. Please donate generously. Your donations are essential to keeping the academy operational.



School Donation

Zakat

School Operation

School Operation

"Then steadfastly continue to duly establish the Prayer, and give the Zakat-Charity" ~ Al-Quran

Hidaya Academy Zakat Fund will gather Zakat contributions from donors and allocate them to eligible students in need.




Zakat Donation

Tuition Donation

School Operation

Musallah Maintenance


Invest in knowledge — a Sadaqah Jariyah that never ends.









Tuition Donation

Musallah Maintenance

Musallah Maintenance

Musallah Maintenance

Please sponsor and help keep the Musallah running by donating towards the monthly expenses which include electricity, gas, water, internet, insurance, housekeeping and minor maintenance. Please donate generously. Your donations are essential to keeping the Musallah operational.

Musallah Donation

Playground Project

Musallah Maintenance

Playground Project

Hidaya is fundraising for a playground with a  fence for its students. This will provide students with a safe and fun area to play outside. We hope to fundraise enough money to make this project a reality.



Playground and Fence Donation

Donate with Zelle

Pay with Zelle! Easy, convenient and safe.

Zelle is the BEST way to donate to our cause due to the lower fees. Scan the QR code to make a payment. To find our Zelle profile, use our email address: [email protected] .

For Zakat donations please write Zakat in the memo section.

ZAKAT Frequently Asked Questions

Zakat for the Hidaya Academy Scholarship Fund Supporting Needy Families to Afford Sending Their Children to Hidaya

Zakat, the third pillar of Islam offers an important resolution to the problem of economic disparity through redistributing wealth to the most vulnerable of the community. With Zakat, the obligation to assist the less fortunate in overcoming their difficulties while preserving their dignity rests upon the most privileged members of the community.

Zakat usually involves three primary agents: (1) the Zakat payer, (2) the Zakat recipients, and (3) the Zakat distributor. While the role of the Zakat payer is clear, it is important to clarify how the second and third agents relate to Hidaya Academy.

Zakat recipients are individuals who are deemed eligible to receive Zakat funds in accordance with Islamic law. According to the Quran, Zakat is exclusively distributed to eight categories of people, (1) the poor (al-Fuqarā’), (2) the needy (al-Masākīn), (3) Zakat administrators, (4) those whose hearts are to be reconciled (new Muslims, sympathizers, etc.), (5) Bondsmen and bondswomen (not anymore relevant), (6) the debt-ridden (al Ghārimīn), (7) in the cause of God, and (8) The wayfarer.


It is the consensus of scholars from the four different Madhāhib that Zakat recipients must be people and the expression “in the cause of God” refers to soldiers, it DOES NOT include institutions, building, mosques, schools, etc.


As a school, Hidaya Academy is NOT considered a Zakat recipient, however, Hidaya has students whose families fall under three of the eight categories mentioned earlier (the poor (al-Fuqarā’), the needy (al-Masākīn), and the debt-ridden (al Ghārimīn). These families are eligible to receive Zakat funds, which they can use to pay for their children's education. This is where the Hidaya Academy Zakat Fund comes into play as a Zakat distributor, collecting Zakat funds from donors and distributing them to eligible families.

The Zakat distributor is responsible for collecting and distributing Zakat funds to the rightful recipients. In this case, the Hidaya Academy Zakat Fund will function as the Zakat distributor, which will gather Zakat contributions from donors and allocate them to eligible students in need. Some  families initially deny being eligible for Zakat, but after entering their details into the Hidaya financial assistance software the result shows that they qualify as Zakat recipient under the category

of “the needy (al-Masākīn)”. The Hidaya Academy Scholarship Fund will ensure that funds are properly collected, distributed, and utilized to assist the underprivileged students at Hidaya Academy.

Option One: This option is in accordance with the four Madhāhib, the Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi, Hanbali. The Hidaya Academy Scholarship Fund will provide checks made payable to "Hidaya Academy" with the amount due and distribute them to the families so that the condition of Zakat possession can be met. The families can then use the checks to pay their fees to Hidaya Academy.


Alternatively, the donor may choose to sponsor a family or student directly. The Hidaya Academy Scholarship Fund will send the donor invoices related to the selected student or family, and the donor can write a check made payable to "Hidaya Academy". The checks will be presented to the families, who can then use them to pay Hidaya Academy.


Option Two: This option is valid according to the Maliki and Hanbali Madhāhib only. In this case, the  Hidaya Academy Scholarship Fund will utilize the funds to directly settle any past dues owed by the families, without first handing the funds over to the families.


Alternatively, the donor may choose to directly sponsor a family or student, and the Hidaya Academy Scholarship Fund will send him invoices related to the selected student or family. The donor can then write a check or checks made payable directly to "Hidaya Academy" without handing it over to the family first.

HIdaya Academy will distribute funds using the second option.

To make a donation specifically for Zakat, please use Zelle or a check and specifically state Zakat payment. This way, we can specifically allocate the payment into the Zakat fund. If you have any additional questions please feel free to email us a [email protected] .

The official Fatwah can be downloaded below.

Hidaya Zakat Fatwa from Imam Ousmane Sawadogo

Hidaya Academy Zakat Fatwah (pdf)

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