SINAR Harian reported that zakat defaulters may find themselves in jail should other methods of persuading them to pay up fail.
Head of the Zakat Collection Centre of the Federal Territory Islamic Religious Council Datuk Che Mat Che Ali said that while the rule has never been enforced, defaulters can be jailed for a period of under six months.
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