Strengthening Education through Zakat Fund Allocation: A Maqashid Sharia Perspective
Neng Zulfa Azhar

Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the distribution of zakat funds by the National Amil Zakat Agency (BAZNAS) through social community organizations by coordinating programs to strengthen education in Islamic boarding schools and among Muslim scholars (Santri) from the maqashid sharia perspective. Utilizing a qualitative approach, this study employs descriptively analyzed case studies comprised of interview data. This study examines implemented programs from the perspective of Maqashid Sharia. The implemented programs satisfy significant aspects of the Maqashid Sharia objectives. This study demonstrates that zakat funds distributed through programs emphasizing the improvement of education in Islamic boarding schools and among santri provide substantial benefits to them. Several programs, such as seminars, workshops, and competitions, have been implemented to provide students with information, access, and assistance in their endeavors to obtain scholarships, as well as brief training on enhancing digital and financial literacy. This study examines the positive impact of the distribution of zakat funds to enhance the education of santri, the tracers of the next generation of Muslims who are literate in technology, finance, and education, as well as messengers to spread da^wah in the digital age towards spreading kindness and prosperity for humanity as a whole

Keywords: Distribution of zakat funds, BAZNAS, Santri, Maqasid Shariah

Topic: Economic Welfare in Terms of Islamic Perspective