Alternative Zakat Poverty Line In Kelantan, Malaysia

ABSTRACT This study attempts to analyse the zakat poverty line between regions (urban and rural) and differences between household head gender (male and female) among the poor and needy zakat recipients in Kelantan. The study is motivated by a few shortcomings of the current zakat distributions a...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Fahme Mohd Ali, Mohd Faisol Ibrahim, Muhammad Ridhwan Ab Azizi
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spelling my.usim-144442017-03-21T08:21:51Z Alternative Zakat Poverty Line In Kelantan, Malaysia Ahmad Fahme Mohd Ali Mohd Faisol Ibrahim Muhammad Ridhwan Ab Azizi Zakat poverty line, had kifayah, poor and needy, Kelantan. ABSTRACT This study attempts to analyse the zakat poverty line between regions (urban and rural) and differences between household head gender (male and female) among the poor and needy zakat recipients in Kelantan. The study is motivated by a few shortcomings of the current zakat distributions as well as an increasing amount of expenditure annually on the two categories of zakat recipients and yet the number of fuqara (poor) and masakin (needy) households is increasing. The current amount of zakat monthly distribution seems to raise some issues due to its weaknesses. This paper offers several alternative regional poverty line estimations with varying underlying assumptions. Using the Household Expenditure Survey 2014, poverty lines are estimated based on the consumption patterns of regional and gender household per capita expenditure. The regional poverty lines from these reference groups produced robust poverty measurement rankings across regions in the country. This study recommends the method of zakat distribution to be improved in order to strengthen the Muslims economy condition and then, it would facilitate poverty alleviation programs conducted by the zakat department. 2017-03-21T08:21:51Z 2017-03-21T08:21:51Z 2016 1823-075X,e ISSN 0126-5954 http://ddms.usim.edu.my:80/jspui/handle/123456789/14444 JMIFR - Vol.13, No.1, 2016; Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
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topic Zakat poverty line, had kifayah, poor and needy, Kelantan.
spellingShingle Zakat poverty line, had kifayah, poor and needy, Kelantan.
Ahmad Fahme Mohd Ali
Mohd Faisol Ibrahim
Muhammad Ridhwan Ab Azizi
Alternative Zakat Poverty Line In Kelantan, Malaysia
description ABSTRACT This study attempts to analyse the zakat poverty line between regions (urban and rural) and differences between household head gender (male and female) among the poor and needy zakat recipients in Kelantan. The study is motivated by a few shortcomings of the current zakat distributions as well as an increasing amount of expenditure annually on the two categories of zakat recipients and yet the number of fuqara (poor) and masakin (needy) households is increasing. The current amount of zakat monthly distribution seems to raise some issues due to its weaknesses. This paper offers several alternative regional poverty line estimations with varying underlying assumptions. Using the Household Expenditure Survey 2014, poverty lines are estimated based on the consumption patterns of regional and gender household per capita expenditure. The regional poverty lines from these reference groups produced robust poverty measurement rankings across regions in the country. This study recommends the method of zakat distribution to be improved in order to strengthen the Muslims economy condition and then, it would facilitate poverty alleviation programs conducted by the zakat department.
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author Ahmad Fahme Mohd Ali
Mohd Faisol Ibrahim
Muhammad Ridhwan Ab Azizi
author_facet Ahmad Fahme Mohd Ali
Mohd Faisol Ibrahim
Muhammad Ridhwan Ab Azizi
author_sort Ahmad Fahme Mohd Ali
title Alternative Zakat Poverty Line In Kelantan, Malaysia
title_short Alternative Zakat Poverty Line In Kelantan, Malaysia
title_full Alternative Zakat Poverty Line In Kelantan, Malaysia
title_fullStr Alternative Zakat Poverty Line In Kelantan, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Alternative Zakat Poverty Line In Kelantan, Malaysia
title_sort alternative zakat poverty line in kelantan, malaysia
publisher Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
publishDate 2017
url http://ddms.usim.edu.my:80/jspui/handle/123456789/14444
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