Systemic Approach to Solve Problem of Managing Zakat in Contemporary Muslim Society in Indonesia

Nugroho Hardiyanto,Mohd Haizam Mohd Saudi,Nur Choirul Afif,Muhammad Bayu Aji Sumantri

doi:10.14419/ijet.v7i4.34.23903

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Abstract

In a Muslim society, the issue of zakat has always been an interesting topic to be discussed. It is related to the fact that zakat from Muslim society has a huge potential. In Indonesia for instance, using the assumption of 1.7% of Indonesia GDP it reached 270 trillion Rupiah. This number is highly significant even though the management of zakat conducted by government agency from local until national level is yet to be optimized. This research is discussing several factors that causing failure in zakat management using the systemic approach. This approach is trying to analyze several factors of failures in optimizing zakat collection in Indonesia and alternative solution for the problem.

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Introduction everyMuslim person to understand that paying zakat is a mandatory, and to increase the society trusts to the institutions.Condition in Indonesia is different from other Muslim country whereas the non-government institutions has a legal authority to manage the zakat funding
Several factors are assumed to be the cause of failure in optimizing zakat funding in Indonesia conducted by BAZNAS and LAZNAS: 1. Muslim society still paying zakat directly to the recipient 2
Islamic economic system is a subsystem of the Islamic system applied by the country

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Introduction everyMuslim person to understand that paying zakat is a mandatory, and to increase the society trusts to the institutions.Condition in Indonesia is different from other Muslim country whereas the non-government institutions has a legal authority to manage the zakat funding. Infaq and shodaqoh collected by Badan Amil Zakat Nasional and Lembaga Amil Zakat Nasional is experiencing an increase This fact shows that the ability of Muslim society in paying zakat is increasing. This collected zakat fund is optimized if we see the potential of zakat fund Indonesia. The potential of zakat funding collected by Indonesian Zakat Institutions are 2.1 trillion Rupiah (Media Indonesia, July 14, 2015), it means there are still 267.9 trillion uncollected. This condition is indicating zakat funding collected is not optimized. Zakat institutions are yet to be trusted by the society

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