Yearly Archives: 2022

DOWNLOAD CHAPTER 7 The Role Of Waqf In Socioeconomic Development In Ottoman Empire: Lessons For Nigeria Abstract Islam has attached many values to human life and put in place different measures to help in achieving the two lives. The religion out of its utmost keenness to create an avenue for Islamic welfare state and financial inclusion, institutions have been established to cater for the welfare of humanity. Waqf is one of the institutions that have been created for the protection of the needy, the poor, the family and the society at large. Its legitimacy is sourced from primary and secondary sources of Shari`ah. Personal assets can be endowed for educational, health, public uses or any other benevolent purpose under specific terms and conditions. In line with this, Waqf has vigorously played a vital role in socioeconomic development right from the infancy stage of the divine message. It`s historical event of establishment started right in the time of Prophet Muhammad SAW when the very first mosque (as multipurpose Islamic centre) was built by the prophet in Madinah on a parcel of land endowed by two orphans. The evolutionary trend has continued to make headway through multifarious Islamic eras to meet the basic societal needs. This paper seeks to review literatures on the track record of Waqf with regards to socioeconomic development. In order to achieve this objective, content analysis and historical method were adopted to review the related literatures from secondary data such as articles from journals, books and manuscripts. It is recommended that there should be a national Awqaf board to enhance the socioeconomic development status in Nigeria. Keyword: Waqf, Socioeconomic, Development, Ottoman Empire. Share: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Writer Umar Muhammad Aljazira Federal University Dutsin-Ma, Nigeria. Ahmad Muhammad Gusau Federal University Dutsin-Ma, Nigeria. Jabir Musa Sulaiman Federal University Dutsin-Ma, Nigeria.

DOWNLOAD CHAPTER 6 Empowerment Of Asnaf Zakat Through Zhul-Qarnain Community Engagement Model Abstract The increasing quest for sustainable empowerment intervention for the zakat Asnaf has been generating concerns among scholars and policymakers in recent times. One-off zakat assistance for the Asnaf zakat especially the needy and the poor in the contemporary is recommended to alleviate the immediate needs of the recipients, however, there is a dire need in the contemporary time for sustainable empowerment intervention for the Asnaf zakat. This study aims to explore what and how the Zhul- Qarnain community engagement model can be a useful and sustainable approach toward the empowerment of the Asnaf zakat in contemporary Muslim society. The study is qualitative-based research that explores the inductive approach of extracting classical literature and contemporary research work on the importance of empowerment of the asnaf zakat, the significance of the Zhul-Qarnain community engagement model, and its relevance to the empowerment of Asnaf zakat in the modern era. The study will illustrate an interpolative relevance of the Zhul-Qarnain model to solving the challenges of asnaf zakat. The study proposes a sustainable empowerment model for asnaf zakat through the Zhul-Qarnain community engagement model. This study suggests a specific niche for advanced study on the sustainable empowerment model for asnaf zakat. Keyword: Empowerment, Zakat Asnaf, Zhul-Qarnain, CommunityEngagement. Share: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Writer Saheed Abdullahi Busari International Islamic University, Malaysia

DOWNLOAD CHAPTER 5 Zakat As An Effective Strategy For Poverty Alleviation In Zanzibar Abstract It is well known that the basic objective of paying Zakat is to create a balance in the society and never let a poor and needy suffer or die. In simplicity, the wealth is transferred from the hands of rich to poor in order to stabilize economic condition of the society and ensures that each person is benefitted from the wealth. The main purpose of this paper is seen how zakat is used as an Islamic instrument for poverty alleviation in Zanzibar. A quantitative approach was used in this study where a samplesize of 287 head of households was used. A survey questionnaire was used as data collection instrument. To achieve a credible study, Structural Equation Modelling (SEM), based on maximum likelihood estimation, and relevant analyses were used to analyse the collected data from relevant respondents. The results indicate that people have access to and uses of zakat fund but there is no any impact on their quality of life due to several challenges such as low amount of distribution and poor management ofzakat fund. The study has offered several recommendations with regard to the means and practices of poverty alleviation in Zanzibar via Zakat fund. Keyword: Zakat Fund, Accessibility and Uses and Poverty alleviation Share: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Writer Abdalla Ussi Hamad Zanzibar University, Tanzania.