Authors:
Dewi Sukarti
;
Afidah Wahyuni
and
Hasyim Asyari
Affiliation:
Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Indonesia
Keyword(s):
zakah, fatwa, social justice, legal aid
Abstract:
The abstract should summarize the contents of the paper and should contain at least 70 and at most 200 words. It should be set in 9-point font size, justified and should have a hanging indent of 2-centimenter. There should be a space before of 12-point and after of 30-point. The main problem of alms (zakah) for legal aid for the poor is that not many alms collecting organizations and alms payers realize the issue of legal assistance for the poor. In fiqh books, which is adopted by the fatwa of Indonesian Ulama Council, the recipients of the alms must be those within the eight categories, i.e. the poor (al-fuqara), the needy (al-masakin), alms administrators (al-‘amilin), recent converts to Islam (al-muallafatu qulubuhum), those in bondage or slavery (fi al-riqab), those under debts (al-gharimin), those in the path of Allah (fi sabilllah), those in travel but cannot reach their destination without financial assistance (ibn al- sabil). The method used for collecting data for this paper
was literature study, the data collected was followed with thematic analysis through which data are related to each other. The objective of this study is to find legal basis for giving legal aid for the poor, and to find the impact of this fatwa on the development of alms for legal aid for the poor. This paper found that the Quranic categories of recipients, especially the fuqara, masakin, gharimin, and fi sabil Allah are used as legal basis for giving legal aid for the poor. Another finding is that Dompet Dhuafa and the Indonesian Ulama Council have given birth to new interpretation of the categories of zakah recipients by allowing zakah distribution for legal aid and advocacy for the poor. Since the fatwa is relatively new, only the organization that asked for this fatwa, i.e, Dompet Dhuafa, that utilizes this fatwa. It may need time for the other alms collectors to initiate the program of alms for justice.
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