FINALLY, HANDING OVER THE ANNUAL ZAKAT FITRAH TO THE REAL LIFE AMIL

I have been paying my zakat fitrah online for two consecutive years. Today, finally, the money was handed over the traditional method, to the amil, the person who was put in-charge to collect the payment. The person was kind enough to agree to take a selfie with me. 😊

I was at Plaza Kotaraya this morning and saw there was this counter - so it was now or never.

 May we all be blessed in this holy month of Ramadhan. And don't forget to carry out your responsibility to pay the zakat, which is one of the pillars of Islam.

glossary:

ZAKAT:  a small sum of money paid annually to the authority to help the needy in the fasting month/Ramadhan, an obligation for Muslims.

AMIL: the person appointed by the authority to collect the Zakat payment.

THE NEW NORMAL: PAYING ZAKAT AL-FITR ONLINE

click on the pic for MAIJ Zakat payment website

COVID-19, MCO, social distancing - how our life has drastically changed and things that we do not usually do or have never done before is the new normal now, as the phrase is now coined. For the first time ever, "Zakat Al-fitr" is paid online - without an "amil" ("Zakat" collector) guiding us throughout the whole process. Everything is just on screen step-by-step instruction until the end process when one has to read the prayer on his/her own and a receipt is finally issued.

Call me old school but I prefer the traditional way of paying the "Zakat Al-fitr" is done. Let's just pray this pandemic will be over soon so that we could go back doing things the way we love.
*FOOTNOTE: Zakat al-Fitr is charity given to the poor in conjunction with the holy month of Ramadan. It is also names as zakat Al-Abdan and Ar-Ru-us (zakat body and head) as it is compulsory for every Muslim without exception whether big or small, old or young, male or female, rich or poor, free or slaves.

RESOURCE: ASTRO Awani