Canadian Awqaf Foundationالمؤسسة الوقفية الكندية

Qurbani & money

A Qurbani payment is not a donation

Money paid for a Qurbani animal buys a service. It is not a gift, and a charity must not issue a donation receipt for it.

Where CAF stands today

CAF does not currently offer a Qurbani service and does not accept Qurbani payments. If you have been asked to pay CAF for a Qurbani, please tell us.

Two different transactions

A gift and a purchase are not the same thing

A gift to CAF

Given freely, with nothing received in return. The giver does not get the capital back.

Can be receipted

Paying for a Qurbani

Buys an animal and a service: the sacrifice, and the meat shared.

No donation receipt

Before anything changes

Three questions for professional advice

If CAF ever offers a Qurbani service, it will be only after Canadian professional advice on three points.

  • Charitable purposesWhether the activity fits CAF’s charitable purposes. Selling Qurbani would be a business activity, and a charity may carry on only a business that is related to its charitable purposes.
  • GST/HSTHow GST/HST applies to the service.
  • The consumer contractWhat you are buying, and what happens if it cannot be performed.

The risk that is not legal

A missed Qurbani cannot be refunded.

A Qurbani must be performed within the days of Eid al-Adha, a window of three to four days depending on the school of law. If it is not performed, that cannot be put right with a refund.

So any first season would be small, at a volume that can certainly be delivered.