To Make It Easier To Pay Zakat, BAZNAZ Presents The "Love Zakat" Application

BAZNAZ presents the "Love Zakat" application / Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The National Amil Zakat Agency (BAZNAS) launched the Cinta Zakat application, as an effort to make it easier for the public to spread kindness through distributed zakat, infaq, and alms. Through the Cinta Zakat application, BAZNAS will intensify fundraising campaigns to help people in need in various remote areas. This breakthrough is considered effective because it is able to target networks in various provinces, districts and cities. "In order to support and optimize the performance of ZIS-DSKL collection, BAZNAS launched the Cinta Zakat crowdfunding application. This innovation is expected to encourage an increase in ZIS collection, so that the number of beneficiaries will increase. ," said the Director for Strengthening National Zakat Collection at BAZNAS RI, Fitriansyah Agus Setiawan in a press statement, Monday, April 25. Fitriansyah said the campaign in the Cinta Zakat application would be optimized and managed by BAZNAS RI, provinces, districts and cities. Likewise with the distribution, so that the funds collected will be safe and immediately received to those who are entitled. BAZNAS also ensures that the distribution is carried out on target, falling in the hands of the right people. "BAZNAS always applies the three Safe principles, namely Safe Sharia, Safe Regulations, and Safe NKRI. This is done by BAZNAS," he said as quoted by Antara. Through the Cinta Zakat application, it is also hoped that it can encourage the achievement of BAZNAS's target in terms of digital collection, as much as Rp. 175 billion for 2022. Positive achievements continue to be achieved by BAZNAS digital fundraising which continues to increase every year. It has been recorded that since 2020, BAZNAS's collection of zakat, infaq, and alms from the digital sector has continued to increase and exceed the planned target. Even in 2021, BAZNAS RI's digital fundraising reached Rp. 137 billion, up from the initial target of Rp. 120 billion. "Alhamdulillah, this is is a positive impact of innovations and breakthroughs made by BAZNAS in order to make tithing easier. If in the last few years we continue to achieve the target, of course we must not be complacent, BAZNAS strives to continue to boost collections from various sectors. All these efforts are in order to optimize the various humanitarian programs initiated by BAZNAS for the welfare of the people," Fitriansyah said. "It must be admitted that the ease of digital transactions triggers an increase in zakat from the community and the trend will continue to increase from time to time. For this reason, the CintaZakat application, as one of BAZNAS' digital channels, is expected to make it easier for muzakki to distribute Zakat, Infaq, and Sed ekah (ZIS)," he concluded.