Smile is Healing, the Key to Serving Donors and Happy Beneficiaries Welcoming Hari Raya

Aliah Sayuti tunaikan zakat dan donasi di Gerai Layanan Donasi Dompet Dhuafa PIM.

JAKARTA — Social Activist and Hijabers Community, Aliah Sayuti visited one of Dompet Dhuafa’s Donation Service Outlets at Pondok Indal Mall (PIM) shopping centre, South Jakarta on Sunday (24/3/2024). The reason was because she wanted to carry out her intention to make donations and zakat fitrah through Dompet Dhuafa.

‘Bismillah, I want to give to the orphan programme and also pay zakat through Dompet Dhuafa here (Donation Service Outlet). Inshallah, I really trust Dompet Dhuafa. Therefore, I also pay zakat fitrah for my family too, there are six people,’ said Aliah conveying her intention to the Dompet Dhuafa Fundraising Team at the PIM Donation Service Counter that afternoon.

With a friendly smile, the Fundraising Team at the Dompet Dhuafa Donation Service Outlet on duty, namely Fuzi, Luqfi, and Rini immediately helped and served Aliah Sayuti to provide information about Dompet Dhuafa’s programmes, accompany her to donate, and also pray for goodness for Aliah Sayuti.

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Fuzi (right), one of Dompet Dhuafa’s Fundraising team kindly helped and served Aliah Sayuti (left) to provide information about Dompet Dhuafa’s programmes and accompany her to donate at the PIM Donation Service Counter, South Jakarta, Sunday (24/3/2024).
Aliah Sayuti shows a ‘successful’ donation sign (infaq for orphans and zakat fitrah) at the PIM Donation Service Counter, South Jakarta, Sunday (24/3/2024).

Aliah Sayuti’s good intentions after donating were even more pleasantly surprised when she met the initiator and Chairperson of the Dompet Dhuafa Board of Trustees, Parni Hadi, who accidentally visited the Dompet Dhuafa PIM Donation Counter, South Jakarta, that day. They exchanged cheerful smiles at the start of the meeting.

‘Pak Parni Hadi is already my parent too. Alhamdulillah, meeting here, blessings of good health always,’ greeted Aliah.

Initiator and Chairperson of Dompet Dhuafa’s Trustees, Parni Hadi (centre), gives ideas and motivation about Smile is Healing to Dompet Dhuafa employees with Aliah Sayuti (second from left) at one of the Donation Service Outlets, PIM Donation Service Outlet, South Jakarta, Sunday (24/3/2024).

Providing motivation and encouragement, Parni Hadi invited everyone present to take a selfie of themselves smiling. Afterwards, she asked everyone to look at their own facial expressions.

‘Let’s see, there are smiles that are held back, grimaces and smiles. What do you think?’ joked Parni Hadi.

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Initiator and Chairperson of Dompet Dhuafa’s Trustees, Parni Hadi (centre), gives ideas and motivation about Smile is Healing to Dompet Dhuafa employees with Aliah Sayuti (second from left) at one of the Donation Service Outlets, PIM Donation Service Outlet, South Jakarta, Sunday (24/3/2024).

‘Smile is Healing. Because smiling is worship, worship is reward, reward is healing. When donors come, ask, have you previously donated at Dompet Dhuafa? So that donors feel that we care. I, we, thank the donor and don’t forget to pray for the donor. Keep up the spirit, hopefully visitors and collections will grow,’ said Parni.

‘Hopefully your zakat, infaq, sadaqah, and waqf donors with Dompet Dhuafa, make the poor able to smile happily welcoming Eid al-Fitr 1445 H,’ he concluded.

Dompet Dhuafa employees pose for a photo with Dompet Dhuafa’s Initiator and Chairman of Trustees, Parni Hadi (third from back left) and Aliah Sayuti (second from back left) at one of the Zakat Service Outlets at PIM, South Jakarta, Sunday (24/3/2024).
Dompet Dhuafa’s Ramadan Zakat Service Outlet team poses for a photo with Aliah Sayuti (centre) at the Zakat Service Outlet in PIM, South Jakarta, Sunday (24/3/2024).

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The gathering was closed with a group photo. After the gathering at the Dompet Dhuafa PIM Donation Service Outlet, the Fundraising Team was still reminded of the good advice given by Parni Hadi. The atmosphere of joy and happiness is also still there.

For information, apart from PIM, Dompet Dhuafa Zakat Service Outlets are also spread in 46 other shopping centre locations in the Greater Jakarta area. The nuances of the long-awaited month of Ramadan were enthusiastically welcomed by Dompet Dhuafa personnel and the community, especially for Muslims who observe Ramadan fasting. The month of Ramadan has come, and the moment of #RamadanMendekatkan is felt.

The joy of Rini (left), Fuzi (centre) and Luqfi (right), Dompet Dhuafa’s Ramadan Zakat Service Outlet Team at PIM, South Jakarta.

Rina Fatimah as the Chairperson of Ramadan 1445 H, representing the extended family of Dompet Dhuafa, also congratulated the fasting of Ramadan 1445 H. She emphasized that Dompet Dhuafa is very open to all forms of collaborative invitations of goodness. In accordance with the theme, this Ramadan is expected to be able to bring closer to the practice of kindness, bring closer togetherness, bring closer mustahik and muzaki, bring closer collaborator partners, and especially to get closer to the Divine. (Dompet Dhuafa)

Text & Photo: Dhika Prabowo
Editor: Dedi Fadlil