Research Article

Evaluation of Zakat as a Public Finance Instrument

Volume: 7 Number: 2 December 29, 2022
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Evaluation of Zakat as a Public Finance Instrument

Abstract

Zakat institution has a special place both politically and financially in the history of Islam. Zakat, as worship, is located beyond as an instrument of public finance, and a distinct institution compared to tax. However, in the modern period, Muslim countries adopt zakat institution into the state bureaucracy as a public finance tool through centralizing the zakat institution and governing it via state apparatus. In this study, we critically explore the role of zakat as a public finance tool and examine how it is implemented in two Muslim nation-states, namely Malaysia and Indonesia. Although these nation-states might aim to fulfill political and financial goals through integration of zakat institution into the state bureaucracy, it is argued that zakat worship should be practiced as a strong bond in society’s dynamics, and its centralization by the sovereign authority leads to the diminishing of such bond and increase the dependence of citizens on the state.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Economics

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 29, 2022

Submission Date

March 18, 2022

Acceptance Date

December 4, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 7 Number: 2

APA
Bayraktar, Ö., & Sencal, H. (2022). Evaluation of Zakat as a Public Finance Instrument. International Journal of Public Finance, 7(2), 429-446. https://doi.org/10.30927/ijpf.1089680
AMA
1.Bayraktar Ö, Sencal H. Evaluation of Zakat as a Public Finance Instrument. IJPF. 2022;7(2):429-446. doi:10.30927/ijpf.1089680
Chicago
Bayraktar, Ömer, and Harun Sencal. 2022. “Evaluation of Zakat As a Public Finance Instrument”. International Journal of Public Finance 7 (2): 429-46. https://doi.org/10.30927/ijpf.1089680.
EndNote
Bayraktar Ö, Sencal H (December 1, 2022) Evaluation of Zakat as a Public Finance Instrument. International Journal of Public Finance 7 2 429–446.
IEEE
[1]Ö. Bayraktar and H. Sencal, “Evaluation of Zakat as a Public Finance Instrument”, IJPF, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 429–446, Dec. 2022, doi: 10.30927/ijpf.1089680.
ISNAD
Bayraktar, Ömer - Sencal, Harun. “Evaluation of Zakat As a Public Finance Instrument”. International Journal of Public Finance 7/2 (December 1, 2022): 429-446. https://doi.org/10.30927/ijpf.1089680.
JAMA
1.Bayraktar Ö, Sencal H. Evaluation of Zakat as a Public Finance Instrument. IJPF. 2022;7:429–446.
MLA
Bayraktar, Ömer, and Harun Sencal. “Evaluation of Zakat As a Public Finance Instrument”. International Journal of Public Finance, vol. 7, no. 2, Dec. 2022, pp. 429-46, doi:10.30927/ijpf.1089680.
Vancouver
1.Ömer Bayraktar, Harun Sencal. Evaluation of Zakat as a Public Finance Instrument. IJPF. 2022 Dec. 1;7(2):429-46. doi:10.30927/ijpf.1089680

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