The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority in Saudi Arabia said that the zakat received through the Zakat service has so far exceeded more than 371 million riyals, since the service was launched five years ago, while the total zakat received through the service since the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan has so far reached more than 75 million. Rial.
The authority confirmed in this regard that all the amounts received through the service benefited the beneficiaries of social security registered with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, as they are directed directly to the selected groups through the application, noting that the service is constantly available through the “Zakati” application for smart phones. So that individuals can pay zakat through safe and reliable payment methods in banks, through SADAD services, “Apple Pay” and Mada, and other safe methods that ensure the speed and flexibility of implementing zakat delivery to eligible categories, with the ability to choose the eligible categories of those registered in Social Security, Most notably, families are in greatest need of housing, families of divorced women, families of prisoners, and other deserving categories.
The service provides the possibility of calculating zakat of all kinds, whether it is money, gold, silver, shares, etc., and paying zakat reliably, easily and quickly, with the issuance of an invoice for the process, in addition to the feature of reminding the dates of zakat.
It is noteworthy that the “Zakati” service witnessed during the holy month of Ramadan a great and increasing interaction among individuals, in addition to an increase in the number of downloads of the “Zakati” application, due to the ease and flexibility in using the application, the speed of implementing the process of calculating and taking out Zakat, and the presence of fast and safe payment options.
