Management of Zakat Funds in Improving The Community Economy. A Study on The Nationnal Amil Zakat Agency of Merangin District

Abstract

This research is entitled Management of Zakat Funds in Improving the Community's Economy (Study of the National Amil Zakat Agency of Merangin Regency). The objectives of this research are 1) To determine the strategy for collecting zakat in improving the community economy at the National Amil Zakat Agency in Merangin Regency. 2) To find out the zakat distribution strategy at the National Zakat Amil Agency in Merangin Regency.

3) To find out the utilization of the National Amil Zakat Agency in the Merangin Regency. The research method used is qualitative descriptive analysis with empirical studies and documentation as well as through interview methods. The object of the research is the Merangi Regency National Zakat Agency. The research results show that the fund collection strategy carried out at the National Amil Zakat Agency in Merangin Regency uses two methods, namely a direct fund collection strategy and an indirect fund collection strategy. The fund distribution strategy carried out at the National Amil Zakat Agency in Merangin Regency is still to determine programs with a traditional consumptive distribution model, a creative consumptive distribution model, a traditional productive distribution model, and a creative productive distribution model. Community empowerment carried out by the National Amil Zakat Agency in Merangin Regency is carried out in two ways, namely consumptive and productive.