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Institutionalized zakāh in addressing well-being problems in non-Muslim Majority Sri Lanka دور اﻟﻤﺆﺳﺴﺎت اﻟﺰﻛﻮﻳﺔ ﻓﻲ ﻣﻌﺎﻟﺠﺔ مشكلات الرفاه في دولة سيريلانكا ذات الغالبية من غير المسلمين

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  • Zulkarnain A. Hatta

    (Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities, Lincoln University College, Malaysia)

  • Adi Fahrudin

    (Faculty of Psychology, University Bhayangkara Jakarta Raya, Indonesia)

  • Abdul Rauff Salithamby

    (Department of Social Sciences, College of Arts & Applied Sciences, Dhofar University, Sultanate of Oman)

Abstract

Institutionalized zakāh has long been a decisive tool that provides various types of support to addressing a variety of well-being problems of the Muslim community in Sri Lanka, a country where such a community is a minority. Being significantly successful to empowering the underprivileged of the community, the zakāh has also faced challenges that negatively impacted its effective functioning. This study aimed to investigate institutionalized zakāh’s multiple support, identifying its challenges and suggesting some recommendations to make its’ role more effective. This is an exploratory study used qualitative data collected through interviews with five zakāh institutions in the Eastern part of the country. The findings showed that: zakāh provided the target community with access to basic needs, economic opportunities and assistance for higher education. However, the shortage of professional and properly trained human resources, misuse of support, lack of beneficiary monitoring mechanism, and lack of community awareness on zakāh were all identified as prime challenges that have to be addressed to attain the utmost benefits from the embedded potential of zakāh. استطاعت المؤسسات الزكوية في سيريلانكا توفير أنواع مختلفة من الدعم لمعالجة مشكلات الرفاه الاجتماعي للأقلية المسلمة في هذا البلد. وعلى الرغم من النجاح الذي حققته تلك المؤسسات في توفير الحاجات الضرورية لتلك الأقلية، إلا أن هناك العديد من التحديات الماثلة التي أثرت سلبا على أدائها. تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى معرفة نوع الدعم الذي تقدمه المؤسسات الزكوية في سيرلانكا، والتحديات التي تواجهها مع اقتراح بعض التوصيات التي من شأنها زيادة فاعليتها. ولتحقيق أهداف الدراسة تم جمع بيانات من عن طريق إجراء مقابلات شخصية مع عدد من العاملين في خمس مؤسسات زكوية تعمل في الجزء الشرقي من البلاد. أظهرت النتائج أن الزكاة وفّرت لتلك الأقلية الحاجات الضرورية، ووفرت لهم فرصًا استثمارية، كما ساعدت في مجال التعليم العالي. وعلى الرغم من تلك النتائج الإيجابية؛ فإن نقص الموارد البشرية المؤهلة والمُدَرَّبة، وإساءة استخدام الدَّعم، وعدم وجود آلية لرصد المستفيدين بدقة، ونقص الوعي المجتمعي بالزكاة، تشكل تحديات عدة يجب التصدي لها بغية الاستفادة القصوى من توزيع الزكاة.

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  • Zulkarnain A. Hatta & Adi Fahrudin & Abdul Rauff Salithamby, 2022. "Institutionalized zakāh in addressing well-being problems in non-Muslim Majority Sri Lanka دور اﻟﻤﺆﺳﺴﺎت اﻟﺰﻛﻮﻳﺔ ﻓﻲ ﻣﻌﺎﻟﺠﺔ مشكلات الرفاه في دولة سيريلانكا ذات الغالبية من غير المسلمين," Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics Institute., vol. 35(2), pages 42-53, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:abd:kauiea:v:35:y:2022:i:2:no:3:p:42-53
    DOI: 10.4197/Islec.35-2.3
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