1st Edition

April 2018

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When Islam
Eradicated Poverty:
Umar bin Abdul-Aziz

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A Case of Uganda:

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Is Zakat a Poverty Reduction
Tool or Just a Mere
Charitable Instrument?

INAUGURAL
EDITION

ISLAMIC
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
INNOVATION
about

28 million
Indonesian
=
11 %
of the
population
live in poverty

64 %
adults in Indonesia
do not have a bank
account
Zakah is not used merely to meet the present needs of
the poor and needy, but serves other functions that
deeply affect social life. As the Quran laid down, it
solves the following problems:

1. The problem of freedom, by

assisting slaves seeking their

3.
freedom to attain it (slavery was an
The problem of defense and security
established system in the world at
of Muslim land against external threat
the time the Quran was revealed).
and such matters as may be related to
struggle in the cause of God.

2.
The problem of indebtedness
which threatens an individual with
bankruptcy, hardship, stress,
humiliation or loss of good name,
whether caused by the necessities
of life or fluctuation in the market
resulting in hardship to a good
producer or an honest merchant.
The Quran allots a portion of the

4.
zakah fund to solving such
problems of indebtedness - a better
solution than any contemporary
system of insurance, as it is more
positive and more in line with true
cooperation and social solidarity.
The need of those who are away from
their home seeking knowledge or a
lawful livelihood and have not attained
a settled life yet - the Quran devotes a
portion of the zakah fund to meeting
their need.
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