Review of Zakat, Infaq, and Shadaqah as a Similar Terminology

M. Aziz Ritonga, Erta Mahyudin

2018

Abstract

One form of obligation in the Islamic context is known as zakat worship which is an important foundation in Islam. Zakat became one of the pillars of Islam which in the Qur'an verses that became commands obligations often combined with the term prayer. Zakat is also believed to be the basis for strengthening the economic base in Islam, because through the practice of zakat by the affluent that is distributed to the less fortunate (dhu'afa, fakir) will be a bridge that brings together between the two. Zakat does not stand alone, because other than that Islam also recognizes the term infaq and shadaqah which contextually have roles and functions similar to the zakat itself. Only, in the way of their implementation of each other has a different 'territory' of applied, but still in the same substance, culminating in the intention: to share the good (especially the matter of wealth) for the benefit of life among fellow human beings. This author considers that among the three terms mentioned in the Qur'an and the hadith of Prophet Muhammad SAW are three things that are in series and have the same depth of meaning. This is the way Allah SWT decreases the obligatory commands for His servants, so that every Muslim has the same opportunity to do good deeds with his possessions, so that the context of sharing is not merely a territory of the possession of the rich. Because they can do the same practice through infaq or shadaqah.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ritonga M. and Mahyudin E. (2018). Review of Zakat, Infaq, and Shadaqah as a Similar Terminology.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI, ISBN 978-989-758-458-9, pages 801-808. DOI: 10.5220/0009917608010808

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icri18,
author={M. Aziz Ritonga and Erta Mahyudin},
title={Review of Zakat, Infaq, and Shadaqah as a Similar Terminology},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,},
year={2018},
pages={801-808},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009917608010808},
isbn={978-989-758-458-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,
TI - Review of Zakat, Infaq, and Shadaqah as a Similar Terminology
SN - 978-989-758-458-9
AU - Ritonga M.
AU - Mahyudin E.
PY - 2018
SP - 801
EP - 808
DO - 10.5220/0009917608010808