Re-categorizing recipients of zakat under Riqab for sustainable development goals

Re-categorizing recipients of zakat under riqab is essential to achieve sustainable development goals worldwide. Riqab or slavery is one of the standard categories of zakat expenditure sanctioned by Islam. Due to dynamic changes in the socio-economic and demographic, the existing categories of re...

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Main Authors: Ismail, Yusof, Awang, Abdul Bari, Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi
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Published: Lembaga Zakat Negeri Kedah 2020
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Awang, Abdul Bari
Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi
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description Re-categorizing recipients of zakat under riqab is essential to achieve sustainable development goals worldwide. Riqab or slavery is one of the standard categories of zakat expenditure sanctioned by Islam. Due to dynamic changes in the socio-economic and demographic, the existing categories of recipients of zakat under riqab become difficult if not impossible to identify people who may be entitled to zakat under riqab category. The existing categorization is based on traditional Fiqh literature may start as initial stage for recategorization. This study examined the views of selected Muslim respondents on the recategorization of zakat recipients under riqab category. By using nine statements with a Likert-like scale, and one open-ended question, the study was able to obtain an acceptable reliability (Cronbach reliability of 0.704). Data analysis using t-test shows that male and female respondents (n=70) did not differ significantly in their views, except for “freeing a prisoner of war” (p-value .002). The rating by the respondents on eligible riqab recipients ranked “freeing a person from an oppressive ruler” (4.09/5.00), and “freeing a prisoner of war” (4,03/5.00) among the top. The re-categorization of riqab recipients has a significant contribution of the research of zakat distribution which needs further deliberation of experts.
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spelling iium-806132020-07-07T08:19:58Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/80613/ Re-categorizing recipients of zakat under Riqab for sustainable development goals Ismail, Yusof Awang, Abdul Bari Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi BPH Islamic Economics BPH531 Zakat Re-categorizing recipients of zakat under riqab is essential to achieve sustainable development goals worldwide. Riqab or slavery is one of the standard categories of zakat expenditure sanctioned by Islam. Due to dynamic changes in the socio-economic and demographic, the existing categories of recipients of zakat under riqab become difficult if not impossible to identify people who may be entitled to zakat under riqab category. The existing categorization is based on traditional Fiqh literature may start as initial stage for recategorization. This study examined the views of selected Muslim respondents on the recategorization of zakat recipients under riqab category. By using nine statements with a Likert-like scale, and one open-ended question, the study was able to obtain an acceptable reliability (Cronbach reliability of 0.704). Data analysis using t-test shows that male and female respondents (n=70) did not differ significantly in their views, except for “freeing a prisoner of war” (p-value .002). The rating by the respondents on eligible riqab recipients ranked “freeing a person from an oppressive ruler” (4.09/5.00), and “freeing a prisoner of war” (4,03/5.00) among the top. The re-categorization of riqab recipients has a significant contribution of the research of zakat distribution which needs further deliberation of experts. Lembaga Zakat Negeri Kedah 2020-03-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/80613/1/80613_Re-categorizing%20recipients%20of%20zakat.pdf Ismail, Yusof and Awang, Abdul Bari and Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi (2020) Re-categorizing recipients of zakat under Riqab for sustainable development goals. International Journal of Zakat and Islamic Philanthrophy, 2 (1). pp. 125-133. ISSN 2682-7530 E-ISSN 2672-7471 http://journal.zakatkedah.com.my/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Vol2_1_13_20.pdf
spellingShingle BPH Islamic Economics
BPH531 Zakat
Ismail, Yusof
Awang, Abdul Bari
Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi
Re-categorizing recipients of zakat under Riqab for sustainable development goals
title Re-categorizing recipients of zakat under Riqab for sustainable development goals
title_full Re-categorizing recipients of zakat under Riqab for sustainable development goals
title_fullStr Re-categorizing recipients of zakat under Riqab for sustainable development goals
title_full_unstemmed Re-categorizing recipients of zakat under Riqab for sustainable development goals
title_short Re-categorizing recipients of zakat under Riqab for sustainable development goals
title_sort re-categorizing recipients of zakat under riqab for sustainable development goals
topic BPH Islamic Economics
BPH531 Zakat
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/80613/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/80613/1/80613_Re-categorizing%20recipients%20of%20zakat.pdf