The Ministry of Islamic Affairs has announced that Zakat Al Fitr will be accepted from 7th May, Tuesday onward.

An announcement by the ministry clarified that Zakat payments can be made from 09:15 am to 01:00 pm on government working days.

Payments will be accepted at the City Council Villimale Unit in Villimale, the Community Center in Hulhumale and the island councils will accept payments across outlying atolls.

Only people registered in the list of poor at the ministry will receive Zakat.

The amount for Zakat is deemed to be money worth 2.4 kg of rice grain per person. Islamic Ministry has said that one must donate money worth 2.4 kg of the general type of rice grains used by the individual throughout the year. The average person in Male' has to pay MVR 13 per person if calculated with normal rice grains, MVR 43 if its Thai rice grains and MVR 81 if its Basmati rice as Zakat al Fitr.

Islamic Ministry has said that they received around three million as Zakat payments during 2017 with which they were able to donate 16,000 to citizens registered as poor citizens at a rate of MVR 1,250 per person.