Towards A Unified Zakat System

collection), as the chi-square statistics and thesignificance levels clearly indicate. For the last item(method of distribution) there is, however, a significantvariation in opinion as the chi-square is highly significantat the 1 percent level. Looking at the individual means, itcan clearly be seen that academics, investors, andaccounting firms are dissatisfied with the method. On theother hand, government officials are relatively moresatisfied, producing a mean of 3.62. Government officials,by the very nature of their occupation, may be influenced bygovernment policies and share similar views to thegovernment. The government has its own method of selectingZakat recipients which might well conflict with the wishesof Zakat payers. Moreover, Zakat payers may think that thegovernment should set up its own budget to help the needyand the poor, while they should be given the opportunity andhonour to locate the poor and needy by themselves.Table 6.8(b)Degree of satisfaction with methods used to calculate ZakatFreq. Mean Rank Sub-group mean By country SD MIN MAX Chi-sq P. valueBA KU SA UAEThe current 158 3.77 1 3.88 3.69 3.86 3.66. 970 1 5 2.24 method of. 524calculatingZakat issatisfactoryThe current 157 3.40 2 3.26 3.46 3.45 3.39. 946 1 5 method for. 482 . 923collecting Zakatis satisfactoryThe current 157 3.17 3 3.03 3.15 3.19 3.26 1.08 1 5. 729 . 866method fordistributingZakat issatisfactoryBA= Bahrain KU = Kuwa it SA= Saudi Arabi a UAE= United Arab Emirates228