Al-Raniri’s Contributions in Hukm of Zakah in Malay Worlds

Abstract

Nur al-Din al-Raniri is among the prominent scholar in the field Islamic jurisprudence in the Malay world. He pioneered the continuation of the legacy of school al-Shafi'i in the Malay societies in South-east Asia. His famous work in the field of Islamic jurisprudence is the al-Sirat al-Mustaqim’, a brief discussion on certain issues regarding hygiene, prayer, zakah, fasting, pilgrimage, hunting and slaughtering, as well as issues pertaining to food consumption. Therefore, this article tends to discuss the contribution of Nur Al-Din al-Raniri especially in his perspective on the issue of zakah. By using content analysis methodology this study shows that al-Raniri discussed this particular subject of zakah in his book al-Sirat al-Mustaqim by including some local values.