Entrusting Zakah (Alms) Administration To The Government: A Review Of Historical Study And Shari’ah Perspective

• Main Authors: Abdulsoma, Thoarlim, Mohammed Muneer'deen, Olodo Al-Shafi'i
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc; HF5601 Accounting; HJ Public Finance
• Online Access: http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5148/1/FH02-FKI-17-08446.pdf; http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5148/

This study analyses one of the sacred trusts which Allah the Almighty has assigned to Muslim leaders or the government in the country, i.e. the administration of obligatory alms (zakah) led by the government and how it is seen from the historical perspective and Islamic law. The study applies a type...