Giving Zakat Al-Fitr Via Qtel Begins

Doha, August 13 (QNA) - The Zakat Fund began operating a service for giving "Zakat Al-Fitr'' by means of the mobile phone in cooperation with Qatar Telecom (Qtel).
The service will enable Muslims to give Zakat Al-Fitr by sending a text message including the character (z) in English to the number (92 119)
Qtel will collect the rate of the message (QR15) - equivalent to the value of Zakat Al-Fitr - which will be added to the bill of the subscriber who intends to give it or to be deducted from the balance of his calls and will transfer it to the Zakat Fund which, in turn, will distribute it to the poor and the needy registered with the Fund.
Qtel will not deducted the cost of messages whatever be its numbers to promote the project.
The subscriber who intends to give the Zakat Fund will receive an instant message from the Fund confirming the discount amount and payment of Zakat al-Fitr
Qtel will inform the Fund on a daily basis about the messages it has received and the amounts collected and the Fund will immediately distribute them to beneficiaries in accordance with the advisory opinion of a number of scholars who gave a fatwa on the possibility of giving Zakat Al-Fitr as of the first day of Ramadan.
The Fund announced that the value of Zakat Al-Fitr this year will not see any change which will be the amount of fifteen Riyals per person.(QNA)