{"id":9100,"date":"2021-04-13T12:04:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T04:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=9100"},"modified":"2021-04-13T12:04:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T04:04:04","slug":"civil-servants-encouraged-to-make-waqf-through-salary-deductions-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=9100","title":{"rendered":"Civil servants encouraged to make waqf through salary deductions &#8211; PM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 &#8212; In order to increase the country\u2019s waqf fund savings and assets, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said an initiative has to be formulated at the federal level to encourage civil servants to make&nbsp;waqf (endowment) contributions, especially periodically through salary deductions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prime minister said this was among the four main points outlined\u00a0in an\u00a0effort to ensure that waqf becomes an important element in helping the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-12.01.33.png\" alt=\"waqf\" class=\"wp-image-9101\" width=\"527\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-12.01.33.png 583w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-12.01.33-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-12.01.33-182x100.png 182w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-12.01.33-350x192.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this regard, he said ministry&nbsp;secretaries-general and heads of departments and agencies at the federal level should play a role in encouraging officers and staff under their charge&nbsp;to make waqf donations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Muhyiddin said Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali has approved the General Circular No 1\/\u00a02020: Procedures to\u00a0Implement Cash Waqff Donation Through Voluntary Salary Deductions for Public Officers serving in Federal Territories and states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe same goes for\u00a0banking and financial institutions in assisting to diversify waqff platforms. Islamic financial institutions should make waqf an element that adds value to their financial products and services,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernama.com\/en\/news.php?id=1951681\">BERNAMA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 &#8212; In order to increase the country\u2019s waqf fund savings and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[524],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nation"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-12.01.33.png",583,320,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-12.01.33-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-12.01.33-300x165.png",300,165,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-12.01.33.png",583,320,false],"large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-12.01.33.png",583,320,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-12.01.33.png",583,320,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-12.01.33.png",583,320,false],"newsium-slider-full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-12.01.33.png",583,320,false],"newsium-featured":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-12.01.33.png",583,320,false],"newsium-medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-12.01.33.png",583,320,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Editor"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?cat=524\" rel=\"category\">Nation<\/a>","tag_info":"Nation","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9102,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9100\/revisions\/9102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}