The main purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of the use of SMS in transmitting waqf basic information amongst adult learners. The method used the Solomon Four Group Design and questionnaires with 4-point Likert scale technique. Eighty adult learners from the School of Distance Education, USM participated in this study. The involvement of the adult learners in this study was voluntary and randomly assign for each group. The adult learners were divided into four groups which were two experimental groups and two control groups. The experimental group received SMS and the control group did not receive SMS. Data were analyzed using t-test analysis, two-way ANOVA analysis and descriptive analysis. The findings showed that the usage of SMS is effective in improving the level of adult learners' achievement on waqf knowledge. Generally, the usage of SMS was acceptable amongst adult learners in transmitting waqf knowledge. The findings therefore suggest that the usage of SMS can be utilized as one of the tools in delivering of Islamic knowledge to the public. ukryj opis