Baznas Says Millennials Reach 70 Percent Of Total Zakat Collection In 2021

Chairman of BAZNAS RI Noor Achmad (white shirt) during the One Year Leadership Tasyakuran activity at the BAZNAS office, Jakarta, Wednesday, January 5 (Photo: Asep Firmansyah/Antara)

JAKARTA - The National Amil Zakat Agency (BAZNAS) reports that the trend of tithing in 2021 is dominated by young people aged 25-44 years who reach 70 percent of the total zakat, infaq, and alms (ZIS) collection of Rp11.5 trillion.

70 percent of the millennial generation of the total zakat collection in 2021," said Chairman of BAZNAS RI Noor Achmad at the BAZNAS Office in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Wednesday, January 5.

On the other hand, there is growing religious awareness from the millennial generation, because they see the benefits of various programs for alleviating the poor.

Not only that, the various platforms developed by BAZNAS to facilitate services, make the younger generation no longer difficult when it comes to distributing zakat, infaq, and alms.

"So, in the future, we will encourage millennials to continue to promote zakat. Even though the (number) is small, it's okay, but this power will affect the development of zakat in Indonesia," he said.

In 2022, BAZNAS targets zakat collection, infaq and alms (ZIS), and other religious social funds nationally amounting to Rp26 trillion.

His party is committed to distributing 90 percent of the collected ZIS funds and social religious funds with a target of 57 million beneficiaries in 2022. Meanwhile, the target for the change from initial recipients to beneficiaries is 1.5 million people.

"For 2022, we will focus on strengthening the collection and distribution of ZIS and social-religious funds by implementing zakat management according to the principles of safe syar'i, safe regulations, and safe for the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia," he said.