The Impact of Knowledge on Islamic Philanthropy Fund Allocations: An Analysis of Moslem Society

Anna Sardiana, Zulfison, Alvien Nur Amalia

2018

Abstract

Islamic philanthropic funds are known as Zakat, Waqf (Endowments), Infaq and Shadaqah can be used as a mechanism of poverty alleviation and income distribution. Decision making for Islamic philanthropic fund allocation as the initial stage of forming behavior, starting from knowledge about Islamic philanthropy as the main thing of attitude regarding o the allocation of social funds as Islamic philanthropic fund. Lack of knowledge of Islamic philanthropy can lead to a minimum acceptance of Zakat, Infaq, Sadaqah, and Waqf as endowments fund. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of knowledge on the allocation of Islamic philanthropic funds of Muslim communities. The method used is a descriptive method with a quantitative approach. This research was carried out on the Moslem people who allocated their Zakah, Infaq, Shadaqah, and Waqf through the philanthropic institution was known as Dompet Dhuafa and Zakah Amil institution as known as LAZ Al-Azhar. Questionnaires, observation and in-depth interviews were used for data collection. The results of this study indicate that there is an influence of knowledge on the fund allocation of Islamic philanthropy in the Indonesian Moslem community.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sardiana A., Zulfison. and Amalia A. (2018). The Impact of Knowledge on Islamic Philanthropy Fund Allocations: An Analysis of Moslem Society.In Proceedings of the 1st Unimed International Conference on Economics Education and Social Science - Volume 1: UNICEES, ISBN 978-989-758-432-9, pages 1317-1322. DOI: 10.5220/0009498613171322

in Bibtex Style

@conference{unicees18,
author={Anna Sardiana and Zulfison and Alvien Nur Amalia},
title={The Impact of Knowledge on Islamic Philanthropy Fund Allocations: An Analysis of Moslem Society},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st Unimed International Conference on Economics Education and Social Science - Volume 1: UNICEES,},
year={2018},
pages={1317-1322},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009498613171322},
isbn={978-989-758-432-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st Unimed International Conference on Economics Education and Social Science - Volume 1: UNICEES,
TI - The Impact of Knowledge on Islamic Philanthropy Fund Allocations: An Analysis of Moslem Society
SN - 978-989-758-432-9
AU - Sardiana A.
AU - Zulfison.
AU - Amalia A.
PY - 2018
SP - 1317
EP - 1322
DO - 10.5220/0009498613171322