Jump in online zakat payments this year | The Malaysian Insight

A man paying zakat fitrah at a drive-thru counter at Wilayah Mosque in Kuala Lumpur recently. About 18,000 people were recently added to the asnaf category due to hardships brought on by the Covid-19 crisis. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, May 14, 2020.

ONLINE zakat collection and the number of contributors recorded by Federal Territories Islamic Religious Council’s Zakat Collection Centre has shown a significant increase as the country battles the Covid-19 crisis. PPZ-MAIWP chief executive officer Ahmad Shukri Yusoff said the collection of online zakat fitrah payments has to date amounted to RM2.47 million with 105,895 contributors, compared with the online collection during Ramadan last year of nearly RM410,000 with 17,965 contributors.

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