NST Leader: Finding asnaf

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NSTleader: One complexity is the identification of the ‘asnaf’. Think 60 per cent of 34 million, and you will know what we mean.

It would be unjust to put all the blame on the zakat organisations. Things have become a lot more complex. Certainly more complex than it was when zakat was first collected and distributed 1,441 years ago. One complexity is the identification of theThink 60 per cent of 34 million, and you will know what we mean. That is the number of Muslims in Malaysia. To pinpoint anfrom this isn’t elementary. The other is their location.

The system was first developed to distribute petrol subsidies — E-petrol — to the deserving. What is good for refined crude may be good for other refined things, it appears. And at the added value of speed and accuracy, says MyKasih Foundation deputy chairman Jeff Perera. Take the case of Selangor. According to Lembaga Zakat Selangor distribution division head Abdul Basith Hamid, the state distributed RM829.9 million last year, compared with RM616.5 million a year earlier. An impressive 35 per cent spike.

 

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