Minister of Islamic Affairs, Ahmed Zahir Ali, has stated that MVR 35 million from the Zakat Fund has been spent on healthcare in the last three years.
Minister Zahir said this in response to a question by Central Maafannu MP Ibrahim Rasheed, seeking clarification on the amount from the Zakat Fund spent on healthcare in the past three years.
The Minister clarified that the the money spent on medical assistance for those in need of it is taken from the share in the fund allocated for the poor and needy. As such, more than MVR 22 million was spent on medical care in 2019, more than 6 million in 2020 and more than 7 million in 2021.
Minister Zahir said that it had been ordered to distribute the zakat money in eight parts, and that outside of that, there has been no use of the fund money.
The Minister, in his answer, wrote the eight recipients of Zakat as stated in the Quran. [Indeed, (prescribed) charitable offerings are only (to be given) to the poor and the indigent, and to those who work on (administering) it, and to those whose hearts are to be reconciled, and to (free) those in bondage, and to the debt-ridden, and for the cause of God, and to the wayfarer. (This is) an obligation from God. And God is all-knowing, all-wise. – Al-Tawbah, 9:60]
Therefore, Minister Zahir said the government also uses the Zakat fund to help the poor, to help the needy in society, to provide them with education and medical treatment.
Minister Zahir said this in response to a question by Central Maafannu MP Ibrahim Rasheed, seeking clarification on the amount from the Zakat Fund spent on healthcare in the past three years.
The Minister clarified that the the money spent on medical assistance for those in need of it is taken from the share in the fund allocated for the poor and needy. As such, more than MVR 22 million was spent on medical care in 2019, more than 6 million in 2020 and more than 7 million in 2021.
Minister Zahir said that it had been ordered to distribute the zakat money in eight parts, and that outside of that, there has been no use of the fund money.
The Minister, in his answer, wrote the eight recipients of Zakat as stated in the Quran. [Indeed, (prescribed) charitable offerings are only (to be given) to the poor and the indigent, and to those who work on (administering) it, and to those whose hearts are to be reconciled, and to (free) those in bondage, and to the debt-ridden, and for the cause of God, and to the wayfarer. (This is) an obligation from God. And God is all-knowing, all-wise. – Al-Tawbah, 9:60]
Therefore, Minister Zahir said the government also uses the Zakat fund to help the poor, to help the needy in society, to provide them with education and medical treatment.
