Peran Zakat Dalam Mendorong Perekonomian dan Pengentasan Kemiskinan The Role of Zakat in Driving the Economy and Alleviating Poverty (original) (raw)

This writing aims to explain empirically whether zakat plays a role in encouraging the economy and alleviating poverty. The main problems faced by Indonesian society are economic problems and poverty. Several results show that zakat can stimulate the economy and reduce the number and percentage of poor families. The research results reveal that the role of zakat in the economy can fulfill the basic needs of society, support independence, support economic development and fulfill important secondary needs, while the role of zakat in alleviating poverty can create a just economic order, encouraging concern for people who have it (aghniya'). towards the poor, dhu'afa, and mustadh'afin.