JAKARTA - The Ministry of Religion invites the management of the National Amil Zakat Agency (Baznas) and the Amil Zakat Institution (LAZ) to intensify education about zakat, infaq, and alms ahead of Ramadan. "Ramadan is the right momentum to improve zakat education and literacy. Because during Ramadan, There is an obligation for Muslims to pay zakat fitrah," said Director of Zakat and Waqf Empowerment at the Ministry of Religion Tarmizi Tohor when contacted from Jakarta, Friday, February 18. Tarmizi said that increasing zakat literacy could be done in various ways, such as establishing a 24-hour zakat consultation service during Ramadan. , making calculators for calculating zakat mal through applications on mobile phones, and distributing leaflets containing invitations to pay zakat from licensed LAZs. The target, he said, is not only to the public, but includes agencies or companies that actually have great potential for collecting zakat value." Also intensify education to agencies or companies , because there are a lot of potential muzaki (zakat givers) in the office area," he said.
In addition to intensifying zakat education, he also encourages Baznas and LAZ to fix potential muzakki data. Baznas and LAZ must map out potential muzakki to maximize zakat achievement. So far, the data collection conducted by Baznas and LAZ has focused more on mustahik (zakat recipients) rather than muzaki. But if we ask how many rich people we can take zakat from, not all LAZ have it," said Tarmizi. This is what is the reference in the Indonesian National Performance Competency Standards (SKKNI) for amil. "I always say that zakat is obligatory and there is a calculation. So if someone wants to pay zakat, this amil must be able to calculate the amount of his wealth and how much zakat is. that must be issued," he said. On the other hand, the management of Baznas and LAZ must continue to provide excellent service for muzaki. This is to realize their sense of trust in distributing their zakat through official institutions. "By paying zakat through official institutions, we can know for sure how much zakat has been collected and how much has been distributed," he said.
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