The terms you'll see across Amanahfy, in plain English. Where a term is an Islamic giving category, the everyday meaning is given first, then how it appears in the product.
Term | What it means |
Appeal | A legacy campaign type. New initiatives are simply campaigns — you may still see older “appeal” campaigns in your account. |
Campaign | A single fundraising initiative — a Ramadan appeal, a project fund, or a general donations page. It holds the giving amounts, the fund donations go to, and the page and checkout donors use. |
Custom URL | The web address for a campaign or fundraiser page. Uses letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores only. |
Donation | A single gift to a campaign, made online or recorded offline. |
Donor | A supporter who has given to your organisation. |
Draft / Active / Hidden / Inactive | A campaign's status. New campaigns start as Draft (saved but not live); Active is live and accepting donations. Hidden means the campaign is not publicly visible or listed, while Inactive means the campaign is no longer active or accepting donations. |
Fidya | A donation given when a fast is missed and cannot be made up, to feed a person in need for each missed day. Available as a stipulation. |
Frequency | How often a donation repeats: One Time, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Jummah (Fridays). |
Fund | Where a donation is allocated (a cause or project). Funds can have sub-categories and can be marked Zakat-applicable. |
Fundraiser | An individual supporter raising on your behalf, with their own page and goal (peer-to-peer). |
Gift Aid | A UK scheme that lets charities reclaim 25p for every £1 donated by an eligible UK taxpayer. Configured in Settings. |
Jummah | Friday giving. In Amanahfy this is a recurring donation frequency, not a separate campaign type. |
Kaffarah | An obligatory expiation for certain broken fasts or oaths. Available as a stipulation. |
Lillah | A general charitable gift given for the sake of Allah, not counted as Zakat. Available as a stipulation. |
Matched giving | When donations are matched — for example by a sponsor — up to a set total. |
Nisab | The minimum amount of wealth a Muslim must hold before Zakat becomes due. |
Pledge | A commitment to give, paid in installments over time. |
Price point | A suggested giving amount shown to donors, with a description and a frequency. |
Qurbani (Udhiyah) | The sacrifice offered during Dhul Hijjah, often sold as per-share price points. |
Recurring donation (subscription) | An ongoing donation that repeats on a set frequency until stopped. Can be offered with no end date. |
Sadaqah | Voluntary charity, given at any time and in any amount. |
Sadaqah Jariyah | Ongoing charity that keeps benefiting people long after the original gift. |
Sadaqah Wajibah | Obligatory forms of charity, such as certain vows. Available as a stipulation. |
Stipulation | The giving category a donor chooses for their donation: General, Zakat, Sadaqah, Lillah, Fidya, Kaffarah, Sadaqah Wajibah, or Zakat al-Fitr. |
Sub-category | A subdivision of a fund, for more precise allocation. |
Swiftaid | A partner service that automates Gift Aid claims using the donor's details, so no paper declarations are needed. |
Team | A group of fundraisers raising together for a campaign. |
Test mode (sandbox) | A mode for trialling donations without taking real payments. |
Zakat | The obligatory annual almsgiving in Islam — generally 2.5% of qualifying wealth held above the Nisab. Funds can be marked Zakat-applicable. |
Zakat al-Fitr | A smaller obligatory charity given before Eid al-Fitr. Available as a stipulation. |