The Ministry of Islamic Affairs has begun accepting Zakat-Al-Fitr for Ramadan 1440, on Tuesday.

The ministry began accepting Zakat payments at respective centers in the Greater Malé Region and will proceed accepting payments from 09:30 am to 12 pm until 02 June.

Payments will be accepted at the Islamic Ministry’s main hall in Malé, at the Villimale Unit in Villimale and the Community Center in Hulhumale, while island councils will accept payments across outlying atolls.

Only people registered as heavily low-income families or individuals 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.