TARAKAN - Already understood when the month of Ramadan, in addition to fasting, all Muslims are also obliged to pay zakat fitrah. Zakat fitrah is not only intended to feed the poor as well as to clean themselves from sins that have been committed during fasting in the month of Ramadan.
In this case, not only zakat fitrah, North Kalimantan Governor Zainal Arifin Paliwang invited the State Civil Apparatus (ASN) within the Kaltara Provincial Government and all Kaltara people, especially Muslims, to immediately pay zakat through the National Amil Zakat Agency (Baznas).
"Both zakat fitrah in this month of Ramadan and zakat malls or zakat from their assets," said Zainal when opening Kaltara with 1444 H in the Multipurpose Room of the Joint Service Building (Girls), Kaltara Provincial Government in Tanjung Selor, Bulungan, Friday, April 14.
He said zakat is the obligation of Muslims. Where by giving zakat, has carried out the pillars of Islam and cleaned themselves of their assets.
The potential for zakat, he continued, is quite large in North Kalimantan Province. For this reason, the management must be managed properly, in this case Baznas.
"In order to collect and distribute zakat optimally and the distribution can be right on target," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, April 15.
Please, give zakat through Baznas, it is hoped that economic empowerment can occur. So that the welfare of the people is truly felt by the benefits.
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