THE OPTIMIZATION OF THE ROLE OF ZAKAT IN THE ALLEVIATING POVERTY IN INDONESIA

Abstract

This study aims to determine the extent of the role of zakat in alleviating identified as mustahiq in
entrepreneurship. Zakat intended for mustahiq can be used as business capital where businesses
developed by mustahiq are generally still small-scale, which is not accessed by bank financial
institutions. The mentoring process includes planning, implementing, supervising and controlling and
evaluating the program, becoming one of the amil zakat programs in managing productive zakat so that
it is expected to create economic circulation, increase the productivity of community businesses,
increase income / economic results, and be sustainable. The methodology used in this study is a
descriptive qualitative method to see the effect of productive zakat on the empowerment of the poor
through the poverty index. This study consisted of primary data and secondary data. Primary data
obtained from the survey results or the results of questionnaires and conducted in-depth interviews with
productive Zakat program managers in Baznas and mustahiq as participants of the community
empowerment program through productive zakat. While secondary data is obtained from the BAZNAS
Program Report on the internet, several kinds of literature, articles both magazines, journals,
newspapers and the internet. The results of the study show that overall mustahik considers that the
productive zakat program by Baznas has run very well.