Kota Kinabalu: The zakat fitrah (personal tithe) rate in Sabah this year remains at RM7 per person, said Sabah Mufti Datuk Bungsu Aziz Jaafar.
He said the Sabah Islamic Religious Council (Muis) has appointed a total of 2,000 amil (zakat collectors) and 39 amil coordinators to handle the zakat payments in the State.
“All of them will be provided with authority cards to prevent Muslims from paying zakat to unauthorised individuals,” he said, Wednesday.
Bungsu said Muis has allocated RM15 million to be distributed to 46,474 asnaf (tithe recipients) throughout this Ramadan to help them prepare for Syawal.
In a related development, he said Muis collected RM122.4 million in zakat last year, comprising zakat harta (property tithe)(RM111.7 million) and zakat fitrah (RM10.7 million), while a total of RM93.2 million was disbursed to 82,541 asnaf.
In the same event, Tabung Haji Plantation (THP) Sabaco Sdn Bhd Chief Executive Officer Mohamed Zainurin Mohamed Zain presented a mock cheque of RM1,260,830 as business tithe for 2022 to Muis represented by Yahya and presentation of zakat distribution to eight eligible recipients.
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