Optimization Of Productive Zakat As An Effort To Empower The Economy Of The People

Abstract

The problem of poverty occurs due to social inequality between the capable population and
the underprivileged population, besides that the lack of awareness between residents to help each other
is also one of the causes of poverty in Indonesia. In overcoming the problem of poverty, productive
zakat is considered capable of empowering the economy of Muslims. The research method used in this
study is a literature study study using data from journals, other reliable sources.
The results of this study show that productive zakat distributionin the form of business capital
is one of the efforts to empower the people's economy, so that mustahiks who initially only depended
on zakat funds can make their own money from capital obtained from productive zakat. One of the
purposes of productive zakat distribution is to change the position of mustahik to muzakki. Therefore,
in the future, it is hoped that the distribution of productive zakat will continue to be carried out and
improved so that it can be distributed to more mustahiks who are entitled and have the potential so that
the problem of poverty that has always haunted can be eliminated immediately.