Abstract
The study aims to examine the potential of zakat that is collected from public servants (called as Aparatur Sipil Negara or ASN) in Depok, West Java, by using the SWOT approach. This is essential based on ijtihad of several contemporary Shari’ah scholars who obliged zakat on salary earned from any professions/jobs (including ASN) when meets the requirements of zakat (nishab and haul). In a preliminary study, the potential for zakat of ASN in Depok was identified to be reaching 1-1,5 billion rupiah per-month, but only about 30% of it has been achieved. The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative by using primary and secondary data. Primary data are obtained through interviews with a number of ASN and BAZNAS of Depok. Whilst, secondary data are obtained from various literatures such as books, journals, magazines, articles, reports, and previous studies. The collected data are narrated and analyzed by using the SWOT approach. The study identified a number of factors causing a wide gap between the potential and ASN’s zakat achievement in Depok. Among the factors are the less understanding of zakat on salary, the high of living cost in Depok, uneven socialization and marketing of zakat collection, the absence of regulations forcing zakat on salary, and the existence of several zakat institutions other than BAZNAS in Depok.
Highlights
The study aims to examine the potential of zakat
that is collected from public servants
essential based on ijtihad of several contemporary Shari'ah scholars who obliged zakat
Summary
Sedangkan potensi dalam Bahasa Latin memiliki arti kemampuan. Pengertian dari kata potensi memiliki arti kekuatan, kemampuan, daya, baik yang belum terwujud maupun sudah terwujud, tetapi belum optimal. Potensi juga merupakan kemampuan dan kualitas yang dimiliki seseorang namun belum dimaksimalkan dengan baik. Disebut juga kemampuan yang belum dibukakan, kuasa yang masih tersimpan, kekuatan yang belum tersentuh, karunia yang tersembunyi, keberhasilan yang belum digunakan, kekuatan atau daya di mana potensi dapat merupakan bakat atau Latihan dalam perkembangan. Dalam kitab Mu’jam Wasit, definisi zakat secara etimologi adalah kata dasar yang berarti berkah, tumbuh, bersih, dan baik. Seseorang dapat dikatakan “zaka” yang berarti orang itu baik (Ridlo, 2014). Zakat juga memiliki beberapa arti yang lain, yaitu al-Barakah, artinya keberkahan, al-Thaharah, yang artinya kesucian, al-Namaa, artinya pertumbuhan dan perkembangan, dan al-Shalah, artinya baik atau layak (Hafidhuddin, 2002). Diakhiri dengan tafsir bahwa zakat adalah harta tertentu yang diwajibkan oleh Allah Swt. kepada pemiliknya yang sudah mencapai syarat tertentu untuk dikeluarkan dan diberikan kepada orang yang berhak menerimanya dengan syarat tertentu pula (Isnaini, 2018)
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