Strategic Role of Zakat in Multidimensional Quality of Life in Sijunjung, Indonesia

Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam which has a function of faith, social and economic functions. Muslims who can pay zakat are required to give at least 2.5 per cent of their wealth. The problem of poverty prevalent in disadvantaged regions because of the difficulty of access to information a...

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Main Authors: Herlin Hamimi, Abdul Ghafar Ismail, Muhammad Hasbi Zaenal
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spelling my.usim-180982019-04-16T07:57:52Z Strategic Role of Zakat in Multidimensional Quality of Life in Sijunjung, Indonesia Herlin Hamimi Abdul Ghafar Ismail Muhammad Hasbi Zaenal Strategic role zakat quality life Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam which has a function of faith, social and economic functions. Muslims who can pay zakat are required to give at least 2.5 per cent of their wealth. The problem of poverty prevalent in disadvantaged regions because of the difficulty of access to information and communication led to a gap that is so high in wealth and resources. The instrument of zakat provides a paradigm in the achievement of equitable wealth distribution and healthy circulation. Zakat potentially offers a better life and improves the quality of human being. There is a human quality improvement not only in economic terms but also in spiritual terms such as improving religiousity. This study aims to examine the role of zakat to alleviate humanitarian issues in disadvantaged regions such as Sijunjung, one of zakat beneficiaries and impoverished areas in Indonesia. The researcher attempted a Cibest method to capture the impact of zakat beneficiaries before and after becoming a member of Zakat Community Development (ZCD) Program in material and spiritual value. The overall analysis shows that zakat has a positive impact on disadvantaged regions development and enhance the quality of life of the community. There is an improvement in the average of mustahik household incomes after becoming a member of ZCD Program. Cibest model demonstrates that material, spiritual, and absolute poverty index decreased by 10, 5, and 6 per cent. Meanwhile, the welfare index is increased by 21 per cent. These findings have significant implications for developing the quality of life in disadvantaged regions in Sijunjung. Therefore, zakat is one of the instruments to change the status of disadvantaged areas to be equivalent to other areas. 2019-04-16T07:57:52Z 2019-04-16T07:57:52Z 2018-06 Article http://ddms.usim.edu.my:80/jspui/handle/123456789/18098 en Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
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topic Strategic role
zakat
quality life
spellingShingle Strategic role
zakat
quality life
Herlin Hamimi
Abdul Ghafar Ismail
Muhammad Hasbi Zaenal
Strategic Role of Zakat in Multidimensional Quality of Life in Sijunjung, Indonesia
description Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam which has a function of faith, social and economic functions. Muslims who can pay zakat are required to give at least 2.5 per cent of their wealth. The problem of poverty prevalent in disadvantaged regions because of the difficulty of access to information and communication led to a gap that is so high in wealth and resources. The instrument of zakat provides a paradigm in the achievement of equitable wealth distribution and healthy circulation. Zakat potentially offers a better life and improves the quality of human being. There is a human quality improvement not only in economic terms but also in spiritual terms such as improving religiousity. This study aims to examine the role of zakat to alleviate humanitarian issues in disadvantaged regions such as Sijunjung, one of zakat beneficiaries and impoverished areas in Indonesia. The researcher attempted a Cibest method to capture the impact of zakat beneficiaries before and after becoming a member of Zakat Community Development (ZCD) Program in material and spiritual value. The overall analysis shows that zakat has a positive impact on disadvantaged regions development and enhance the quality of life of the community. There is an improvement in the average of mustahik household incomes after becoming a member of ZCD Program. Cibest model demonstrates that material, spiritual, and absolute poverty index decreased by 10, 5, and 6 per cent. Meanwhile, the welfare index is increased by 21 per cent. These findings have significant implications for developing the quality of life in disadvantaged regions in Sijunjung. Therefore, zakat is one of the instruments to change the status of disadvantaged areas to be equivalent to other areas.
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author Herlin Hamimi
Abdul Ghafar Ismail
Muhammad Hasbi Zaenal
author_facet Herlin Hamimi
Abdul Ghafar Ismail
Muhammad Hasbi Zaenal
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title Strategic Role of Zakat in Multidimensional Quality of Life in Sijunjung, Indonesia
title_short Strategic Role of Zakat in Multidimensional Quality of Life in Sijunjung, Indonesia
title_full Strategic Role of Zakat in Multidimensional Quality of Life in Sijunjung, Indonesia
title_fullStr Strategic Role of Zakat in Multidimensional Quality of Life in Sijunjung, Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Strategic Role of Zakat in Multidimensional Quality of Life in Sijunjung, Indonesia
title_sort strategic role of zakat in multidimensional quality of life in sijunjung, indonesia
publisher Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
publishDate 2019
url http://ddms.usim.edu.my:80/jspui/handle/123456789/18098
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