Fatima Zahra Imamia Centre
Donations
Donate online by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, or by bank transfer, to the Twelver Shia mosque and hussainia in North Ipswich. One bank account for all funds - FZIC, ANZ, BSB 014-279, account 2495-86764 - with a reference word per fund so restricted giving reaches the right fund.
The Centre has one bank account and every fund below is paid into it, identified by its reference word. Money given for one purpose is never spent on another.
Current appeal · Building Fund
Renovating the Centre and the ladies' hall
Renovation of the ladies' hall and other works across the Imambargah.
A$1 raised
from 1 donation, towards our A$400,000 targetLive total, updated every 30 seconds
The optional contribution at checkout
Zeffy, the platform that hosts the Centre’s form, asks at checkout whether you would like to add an optional contribution to Zeffy. It is separate from your donation and goes to Zeffy, not to the Centre.
The amount is yours to decide: you can select a different contribution amount by clicking “Other” in the dropdown.
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Let someone scan this with their phone camera to give on their own phone.
General Fund
Give to the Centre
For the everyday running of the Centre, rather than one appeal.
The optional contribution at checkout
Zeffy, the platform that hosts the Centre’s form, asks at checkout whether you would like to add an optional contribution to Zeffy. It is separate from your donation and goes to Zeffy, not to the Centre.
The amount is yours to decide: you can select a different contribution amount by clicking “Other” in the dropdown.
Show QR code
Let someone scan this with their phone camera to give on their own phone.
Direct transfer
Give straight from your bank
- Account name
- FZIC
- BSB
- 014-279
- Account number
- 2495-86764
- Bank
- ANZ
Please add a reference. One account receives everything, so the reference is how the Centre knows which fund your donation is for.
If you would like a receipt, email the Centre with the date and amount. Donations are not tax deductible.
Giving from outside Australia
Online. Give online takes Visa, Mastercard and American Express cards. Zeffy charges your card in Australian dollars (AUD), and your card provider converts that into your own currency and may add a fee of its own. Card payments have a limit per payment, so for a large donation please use a bank transfer.
Targets and totals on this site, and the amounts on the Zeffy form, are in Australian dollars, even where they show only “$”.
By bank transfer. Ask your bank for an international (SWIFT) transfer to:
- Account name
- FZIC
- Bank
- Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ), Australia
- SWIFT / BIC
- ANZBAU3M (ANZBAU3MXXX if your bank asks for 11 characters)
- BSB (Australian branch code)
- 014279
- Account number
- 249586764
- Reference
- your fund's reference word from this page
If your bank asks for the account holder’s address, email admin@fzic.org before you send.
ANZ may deduct a fee of up to A$15 from an overseas transfer, unless your bank sends it with all charges paid by you (often called OUR). Other banks along the way may also take a fee.
References can be cut short or lost between banks, so after you send, please email admin@fzic.org with your name, the date, the amount and the fund, and the committee will match your donation.
A money transfer service that pays Australian dollars into Australian bank accounts may cost less than an international bank transfer. Use the BSB and account number above.
Every genuine way to give is published on fzic.org. Send only to the account above, never to a person’s own account.
Donations are not tax deductible in Australia, and the Centre does not issue receipts for tax relief in other countries.
Funds open now
General / Operations
Keeps the Centre running -- electricity, water, cleaning, maintenance and the everyday costs of opening the doors.
Reference: GENERAL
Sadaqahصدقة
Voluntary charity, given at any time and in any amount.
Reference: SADAQAH
Muharram Fund
Supports the Muharram and Safar programme -- speakers, niaz, sabeel and the running of the majalis.
Reference: MUHARRAM
Niaz sponsorship
Sponsor the food for a specific night. Restricted -- it buys that night's niaz and nothing else.
Niaz sponsorship is restricted to the food for the night you choose. Because you and other attendees receive a benefit from the food, this is not treated as a gift for tax purposes.
Reference: NIAZ
Building Fund
Toward the Centre's building, extension and long-term facilities.
Reference: BUILDING
Khums
Khums has two halves and they are not interchangeable. The Centre does not currently hold written permission (ijaza) to receive sahm-e-Imam on your behalf, so it is not collected here. Paying it to someone without that permission would not discharge your obligation.
Khums -- Sahm-e-Imamسهم الإمام
Sahm-e-Imam must be paid to your marja, or to someone holding his written permission (ijaza). The Centre does not currently hold an ijaza, so it cannot accept this half on your behalf -- paying it here would not discharge your obligation. Use the official channels shown below.
Khums -- Sahm-e-Sadatسهم السادة
Whether sahm-e-Sadat requires your marja's permission differs between maraji. The Centre will confirm its position before accepting this half.
Please pay khums through your own marja’s office or an authorised wakil. If you are unsure which applies to you, speak to the Centre’s alim.
Zakat al-Fitrah
Zakat al-Fitrah falls due at sunset on the eve of Eid al-Fitr, and it covers everyone who is under your roof at that moment. If you pray Eid salah, it must be given before the salah.
The rate for 1448 AH is not set yet. The Centre sets the amount each year against the cost of a staple here, so an earlier year’s figure is not shown. Ask the Centre for this year’s amount before you pay.
The Eid salah is not on the programme yet, so no hour is given here. Eid depends on the sighting of the moon and is not confirmed, so online giving closes at the start of the expected Eid day, Tuesday 9 March 2027. Fitrah must be set aside before the prayer.
Zakat al-Fitrahزكاة الفطرة
For eligible non-sayyid recipients.
Not open for payment here at the moment.
Zakat al-Fitrah -- for sayyid recipients
From sayyid givers only, for eligible sayyid recipients.
Not open for payment here at the moment.
The two are kept apart because fitrah from a giver who is not a sayyid may not go to a sayyid recipient, so the sayyid fund takes fitrah from sayyid givers only. A sayyid giver may use either fund. If you are not sure which applies to you, speak to the Centre’s alim.
Fitrah is not being collected on this page at the moment. Ask at the Centre for this year’s amount and how to give it.
Funds not open at the moment
Some funds are seasonal and open only in their window; others are being prepared.
- Fidya -- For fasts that cannot be made up, calculated per day missed.
- Kaffara -- Expiation, calculated per the applicable number of mudd.
- Madrasah -- Supports the weekend madrasah -- teachers, books and materials.
- Burial and Funeral Fund -- Helps families with the cost of ghusl, kafan and burial when they cannot meet it themselves.
About your donation
The Fatima Zahra Imamia Centre is a charity registered with the ACNC (ABN 66 129 175 686).
Donations are not tax deductible. In Australia, advancing religion is not a deductible gift recipient category, so donations to the Centre for religious purposes cannot be claimed. Any receipt the Centre issues says so.