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Zakat and the Qulities of Life Asnaf in Kuala Terengganu
Nurfarahani binti Sufian
Supervisor: Dr. Noor Haslina binti Mohamad Akhir
Bachelor of Economics (Natural Resources)
School of Social and Economic Development
Zakat is an obligation imposed on Muslims who are capable of being given to those who
are categorized as asnaf. The distribution of zakat has been explained in the Quran. Zakat
is given to assist them in achieving a more comfortable life and accommodating their
daily lives. The study was conducted in Kuala Terengganu to see the effectiveness of
zakat received by asnaf either can help them in their daily lives. The study was conducted
using descriptive analysis to identify the profiles of the recipient zakat and to study
sociocultural and well-being of zakat recipients. In addition, this study has used the
"crosstab" test to test the relationship between education and the gender of the recipients
of zakat. The results of the study have shown that zakat has helped them in their daily
life among the recipients of zakat. The results of this study also found that their quality
of life is still at the same level even though they receive zakat assistance. Furthermore,
this study shows that most zakat recipients have low levels of education.
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