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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.

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