Alms (Zakah) for Legal Aid for the Poor Facing Injustice in Indonesia

Dewi Sukarti, Afidah Wahyuni, Hasyim Asyari

2018

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.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sukarti D., Wahyuni A. and Asyari H. (2018). Alms (Zakah) for Legal Aid for the Poor Facing Injustice in Indonesia.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI, ISBN 978-989-758-458-9, pages 133-139. DOI: 10.5220/0009919501330139

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icri18,
author={Dewi Sukarti and Afidah Wahyuni and Hasyim Asyari},
title={Alms (Zakah) for Legal Aid for the Poor Facing Injustice in Indonesia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,},
year={2018},
pages={133-139},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009919501330139},
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 - Alms (Zakah) for Legal Aid for the Poor Facing Injustice in Indonesia
SN - 978-989-758-458-9
AU - Sukarti D.
AU - Wahyuni A.
AU - Asyari H.
PY - 2018
SP - 133
EP - 139
DO - 10.5220/0009919501330139