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DOWNLOAD CHAPTER 4 Misconception Of Zakat And Distributive Justice In Islam: Case Study Of Zakat Institutions In Malaysia Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic caused a multidimensional crisis in health, economic, social, and lifestyle due to the pandemic. Many people endured hardships and struggled to make ends meet. As an Islamic social fund, zakat plays a role in mitigating this problem by assisting communities affected by it. This study investigates the role of zakah and addresses the issues related to zakat misconceptions and management by demonstrating the importance of zakat through various evidence undertaken by zakatinstitutions during the pandemic. This study adopts a qualitative research method using secondary data and analytical approaches to achieve its objectives. Zakat distribution programmes conducted by all zakat institutions in Malaysia for zakat beneficiaries affected by Covid-19 have been one of the study’s most important findings. This highlights the viability of zakat objectives as one of Islam’s distributive justice mechanisms in assisting and alleviating the burden imposed on society,particularly those in the asnaf categories due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The study is limited to the focus on the zakat mechanism in the context of distribution justice from the Islamic perspective. Keyword: Zakah, Viability, Misconception, Covid-19 Share: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Writer Siti Saffa’ International Islamic University, Malaysia Syed Marwan International Islamic University, Malaysia

DOWNLOAD CHAPTER 3 Social Protection From Islamic And Western Socioeconomic Perspectives: A Comparative Review Abstract This paper discusses the topic of social protection in terms of social security and insurance. It is further narrowed into two aspects. The first one is how social protection helps the needy, and the second is how social protection helps economic growth. The paper starts with information on social security and insurance from Islamic and conventional points of view. The differences between these two views are elaborated more in this paper. Furthermore, a list of scholars from the Islamic and the western worlds and their contributions to social security and insurance are highlighted despite their philosophical and geographical differences. The three Islamic scholars are Muhammad Yunus, who came out with microfinance to help the poorest of the poor. Followed by Ungku Abdul Aziz, who brought the establishment of Tabung Haji and lastly, Caliph Umar ibn Abdul Aziz in the past, where during his caliphate, the management of the leading social protection instrument was zakat, which was on top of the extent that there were no poor people who were eligible to receive the funds of zakat. On the other hand, this paper also provides some information on the contributions of conventional scholars to see how these two systems differ from one another and how they can integrate into benefiting each other. The first conventional scholar is Otto Von Bismarck, who introduced the first social insurance and invented a pension fund—followed by Roosevelt, who used his presidential power to enact a law related to social security. Willian Beveridge, a British economist and social reformer is the last one. He was closely associated with the development of state welfare and published a report entitled ‘Social Insurance and Allied Services’ to cure the problem faced by society. Providing all these scholars indicates a need to discuss the integration of contributions to this field that supports social benefit to the needy and helps grow the economy. Further analysis and recommendations are presented regarding this topic in the last section of the paper. Keyword: zakat, social security, social protection, insurance, pension Share: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Writer Amani Binti Muhammad International Islamic University, Malaysia. Mohamed Aslam Akbar International Islamic University, Malaysia.

DOWNLOAD CHAPTER 2 Spirituality: Undiscovered Essential Domain In Quality Of Life Abstract Literature review on the role of spirituality as a domain of life to measure a participant of microcredit programme quality of life, however is limited. Therefore, the objective of this study is to explore the spirituality as a domain of life and to further investigate the relationship of spirituality and the participants’ quality of life. A probability sampling strategy (disproportionate stratified) was used to select the samples for this study. The hypothesis was examined using cross-sectional data from 638 participants of AIM. Data was measured using a single-item measures and met the reliability and validity minimum requirement. From the findings, it showed that all the domains of life have remarked significant associations with overall quality of life. It is also appeared that domain of life of spiritually was significantly associated with overall quality of life. This study shed light that spirituality is a domain of life of quality of life. Therefore, this study may contribute to policy implications in a unique approach where, policymakers can address participants’ socioeconomic growth through spirituality aspects of life in order to improve participants’ quality of life. Keyword: Spirituality, quality of life, domain of life, microcreditprogramme Share: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Writer Zuraidah Mohamed Isa Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia Norhidayah Ali Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia