The Brunei Islamic Religious Council (MUIB) received a BND20,000 businesses tithe (zakat perniagaan) from Al-Bukhari Textile Centre Sdn Bhd during a ceremony at the Ministry of Religious Affairs yesterday.
Minister of Religious Affairs Pehin Udana Khatib Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Haji Awang Badaruddin bin Pengarah Dato Paduka Haji Awang Othman, in his capacity as President of MUIB, received the zakat from Al-Bukhari Textile Centre Director Waheed Alam. The year 2022 saw a 15.96-per-cent increase in zakat collection to BND21,910,607.48 from BND18,894,594.76 in 2021.
Meanwhile, as of July this year, some BND16.8 million (or 77 per cent of the total collection in 2022) had been collected.
The zakat will be distributed to the asnaf and handled according to distribution schemes, including monthly, basic school, higher learning institution, house rent, Al-Gharimin, medical, business capital and the asnaf zakat empowerment programme. – Rokiah Mahmud
