Zakat as an Instrument to Alleviate Poverty Due to Covid in the Java Island
Zahriya Nurul Aini (a*), Donna Vanny Araminta (b)

a) Islamic Economics Departement, Faculty of Economics and Business, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia
*zahriya.nurul.aini-2021[at]feb.unair.ac.id
b) Islamic Economics Departement, Faculty of Economics and Business, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia

Abstract

Zakat is considered to be able to overcome poverty problem due to Covid-19 pandemic. This research was conducted with the aim of analyzing the relationship between the development of active cases of Covid-19 in the Java island using macroeconomic indicators, namely the level of poverty and knowing the role of zakat as an instrument to overcome poverty. This study uses a literature study method with a qualitative approach. The data used in this study is secondary data obtained from journals, documentation books, and sites accessed via the internet related to research problems. The results of this study indicate that zakat plays an important role in alleviating poverty. Zakat as one of the instruments to achieve the goals of socio-economic justice and the distribution of wealth and income, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused the economies of various affected countries to decline drastically. Zakat is considered to be able to overcome this problem.

Keywords: Zakat, Poverty, Covid-19

Topic: Income gap and poverty