International Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance (IJIEF)
Vol 3 (2020): IJIEF Vol 3(SI), Special Issue: Islamic Social Finance and Ethics

Reducing Poverty through Optimization of Zakat on Agricultural and Profession

Pratama, Siectio Dicko (Unknown)
Yuni, Rezha Nursina (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
02 Sep 2020

Abstract

Zakat is a system in Islam that is designed to allocate the wealth from the rich to the poor and the needy. The effectivity of zakat in reducing poverty has been proven in the history of Islam. Nevertheless, nowadays, Zakat is still unable to eliminate poverty. Bad planning and organizing of zakat are the main reason for that especially the less information about the potency of zakat in each region. Indonesia is a country that is rich in Natural Resources and has many workforces. So, Indonesia may have hidden potential of agricultural and professional zakat. This study tries to calculate the potency and the impact of the zakat on reducing poverty. The effect will be examined descriptively and statistically and also will be presented by mapping all the provinces in Indonesia. The result shows that there are about 16.1 trillion rupiahs of zakat potential furthermore able to reduce the poverty rate in Indonesia for 0.75 percent. DKI Jakarta is the most affected province by zakat because its poverty rate reaches 0.22 percent. To implement this theory in real practice, the utilization of the mosque to distribute zakat funding where BAZNAS represents as the manager is suggested.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijief

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

International Journal of Islamic Islamic Economics and Finance (IJIEF) is a journal which is bianually issued (January and July) and initiated by International Program for Islamic Economics and Finance (IPIEF). The publisher of this journal is Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. The publication of ...