PERANAN ZAKAT DALAM PENGENTASAN KEMISKINAN

Abstract

This article describes the role of zakat in poverty alleviation.
Zakat
than as an obligation for Muslims, through zakat, the Quran makes
a responsibility for Muslims to mutual help among others. Therefore, in our
obligations zakat is the element of moral, educational, social and economic
(Rozalindah, 2014: 248): In the field of morality, charity scrape out the greed
and avarice of the rich, purify the souls of those who perform the prayer of the
nature miser, purify and develop property object. Education in the obligation
of zakat can be gleaned from curiosity to give, berinfak and give up some of
its property as evidence of compassion for fellow human beings. In the social
field, the charity, the poor group can play a role in his life, acted upon its
obligations to God, for helping zakat and sadaqah given by people who are able.
With the zakat Similarly, people who are not able to feel that they are part of
the community members, not the wasted and underestimated. In the economic
field, zakat can play a role in preventing the accumulation of wealth in a few
hands only, and obliges the rich to redistribute wealth to the group of the
family fortune and destitute. So, zakat also serve as a potential source of funds
for poverty reduction. Zakat can also serve as working capital for the poor to
be able to open up employment opportunities, so they can earn and be able to
meet their daily needs harinya.ipetik of curiosity giving, berinfak and give up
some of its property as evidence of compassion for fellow human beings. In the
social field, the charity, the poor group can play a role in his life, acted upon its
obligations to God, for helping zakat and sadaqah given by people who are able.