Using a descriptive-analytical method and drawing upon Shi'a jurisprudential sources and the Prophetic tradition (Sira) based on library resources, five key indicators have been extracted: 1) Distributive Justice, interpreted based on the distribution of Zakat—not necessarily equally, but rather according to the priority of needs and public interests—which obligates the government to conduct comprehensive needs assessments through information systems; 2) Social Welfare and Effectiveness, which aims to provide livelihood sufficiency (annual subsistence, Ma'una) or even elevate the standard of living of the needy to the societal average, while emphasizing the limitation of government intervention to the level of sufficiency; 3) Transparency and Accountability, mandating governmental oversight through these mechanisms to prevent misuse and enhance public trust; 4) Public Participation and Autonomy of Charities, which, based on the Islamic system of Takāful (social solidarity), assigns primary agency to the individual, family, and social levels, thereby restricting the government to a complementary and facilitative role; and 5) Ethics-Centricity and Voluntarism, prioritizing the preservation of the divine intention and innate human nature (Fitrah) of giving (Infaq), and avoiding artificial incentives such as tax pressures. The proposed criteria provide the necessary foundation for discovering the optimal model of the government's relationship with the charity sector and also enable the comparison of proposed models based on Islamic indicators.