Zakah Execution and Its Influence on the Recipients as Perceived by the Fire Personnel of Lanao del Sur

Naim S. Noor, Monara M. Maruhom

2019

Abstract

This study investigated the extent of execution of Zakah and its contribution onits recipients. (1) The respondents of this study were the 100 Fire Personnel including the 12 Fire Marshals under the Bureau of Fire Protection of Lanao del Sur composed of 15municipalities that have fire departments. Cross-sectional survey design was utilized and qualitative descriptive approach has been used in the interpretation of data. (2) Specifically, the study answered the following questions: 1. what is the profile of the respondents in terms of their personal data, 2. what are their practices in the execution of Zakah as perceived by the respondents in the aspects of its legal rulings, its purpose and recipients? And 3. what are the contributions of Zakah on its recipients as perceived by the respondents in the aspect of improving the life of the recipients and in alleviating poverty? (3) from the data gathered, a typical fire officer in Lanao del Sur belonged to the age range of 29-35 years old, male, married, bachelors’ degree holder, ibtidai graduate, served for less than five years, with FO1 position, and a monthly net income of P29,668.00. It is concluded that the respondents agreed on all the indicators given in the purpose of Zakah, improving the life of the recipients and alleviating poverty. (4) moreover, it was disclosed that respondents agreed that Zakah is compulsory to Muslims who are financially capable. However, they were undecided whether Zakah to be paid after one year (Hawl) and reached (Nisab), if items for personal use are exempted from Zakah payment; and if Zakah is applicable only on people of the Islamic faith. As to the purpose of Zakah, the respondent agreed that giving Zakah is an act of worship, on the recipients of Zakah, respondents that they give it to the recipients. (4) From the findings it is recommended that massive information drives thru books, videos, lectures ad strengthening Arabic teaching must be undertaken to name a few. Further studies on Zakah with broader scope must be conducted by future researchers.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Noor N. and Maruhom M. (2019). Zakah Execution and Its Influence on the Recipients as Perceived by the Fire Personnel of Lanao del Sur. In Proceedings of the 7th ASEAN Universities International Conference on Islamic Finance - Volume 1: 7th AICIF, ISBN 978-989-758-473-2, pages 212-217. DOI: 10.5220/0010120700002898

in Bibtex Style

@conference{7th aicif19,
author={Naim Noor and Monara Maruhom},
title={Zakah Execution and Its Influence on the Recipients as Perceived by the Fire Personnel of Lanao del Sur},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th ASEAN Universities International Conference on Islamic Finance - Volume 1: 7th AICIF,},
year={2019},
pages={212-217},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010120700002898},
isbn={978-989-758-473-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 7th ASEAN Universities International Conference on Islamic Finance - Volume 1: 7th AICIF,
TI - Zakah Execution and Its Influence on the Recipients as Perceived by the Fire Personnel of Lanao del Sur
SN - 978-989-758-473-2
AU - Noor N.
AU - Maruhom M.
PY - 2019
SP - 212
EP - 217
DO - 10.5220/0010120700002898