Haddul Kifayah: Its comprehensiveness, sufficiency and currency in meeting the needs of the asnaf faqr and asnaf miskin

Haddul Kifayah: Its comprehensiveness, sufficiency and currency in meeting the needs of the asnaf faqr and asnaf miskin

Haddul kifayah refers to the income of an individual or household, used by zakat authorities, in determining whether an individual or household are eligible to be categorized as asnaf faqr or asnaf miskin. Consequently, if they fit into any one of the said asnaf, they would be eligible to be given f...

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Main Authors: Abdul Rashid, Khairuddin, Hasan, Sharina Farihah, Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: 2015
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H Social Sciences (General)
T Technology (General)
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spelling iium-476842016-05-23T02:28:48Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/47684/ Haddul Kifayah: Its comprehensiveness, sufficiency and currency in meeting the needs of the asnaf faqr and asnaf miskin Abdul Rashid, Khairuddin Hasan, Sharina Farihah Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila H Social Sciences (General) T Technology (General) Haddul kifayah refers to the income of an individual or household, used by zakat authorities, in determining whether an individual or household are eligible to be categorized as asnaf faqr or asnaf miskin. Consequently, if they fit into any one of the said asnaf, they would be eligible to be given financial assistance via the zakat fund. This paper reports a desk study and interviews with representatives of the relevant zakat authorities in examining the haddul kifayah in terms of its legitimacy in accordance to the shari’ah, the method used in determining the level of income, factors and components included therein and the currency of the resulting amount. In addition, by contrasting the haddul kifayah with the official Poverty Line Income (Pendapatan Garis kemiskinan) and its factors and components thereto the study attempts to establish whether the approach adopted in determining the haddul kifayah is considered appropriate, comprehensive and sufficient vis-à-vis the current cost of living. In the course of the study, key issues related to the haddul kifayah were identified and highlighted in this paper. The paper concludes with recommendation on how the approach in determining the haddul kifayah could be further improved especially in the lights of newer and future challenges facing the Muslim ummah. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47684/1/UMP.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47684/2/IREP-228-249-Haddul_Kifayah-UMP.pdf Abdul Rashid, Khairuddin and Hasan, Sharina Farihah and Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila (2015) Haddul Kifayah: Its comprehensiveness, sufficiency and currency in meeting the needs of the asnaf faqr and asnaf miskin. In: National Conference on Zakat and Economic Development 2015, 1 June 2015, Kuantan. http://persidanganzakat2015.ump.edu.my/
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
T Technology (General)
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
T Technology (General)
Abdul Rashid, Khairuddin
Hasan, Sharina Farihah
Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila
Haddul Kifayah: Its comprehensiveness, sufficiency and currency in meeting the needs of the asnaf faqr and asnaf miskin
description Haddul kifayah refers to the income of an individual or household, used by zakat authorities, in determining whether an individual or household are eligible to be categorized as asnaf faqr or asnaf miskin. Consequently, if they fit into any one of the said asnaf, they would be eligible to be given financial assistance via the zakat fund. This paper reports a desk study and interviews with representatives of the relevant zakat authorities in examining the haddul kifayah in terms of its legitimacy in accordance to the shari’ah, the method used in determining the level of income, factors and components included therein and the currency of the resulting amount. In addition, by contrasting the haddul kifayah with the official Poverty Line Income (Pendapatan Garis kemiskinan) and its factors and components thereto the study attempts to establish whether the approach adopted in determining the haddul kifayah is considered appropriate, comprehensive and sufficient vis-à-vis the current cost of living. In the course of the study, key issues related to the haddul kifayah were identified and highlighted in this paper. The paper concludes with recommendation on how the approach in determining the haddul kifayah could be further improved especially in the lights of newer and future challenges facing the Muslim ummah.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Abdul Rashid, Khairuddin
Hasan, Sharina Farihah
Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila
author_facet Abdul Rashid, Khairuddin
Hasan, Sharina Farihah
Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila
author_sort Abdul Rashid, Khairuddin
title Haddul Kifayah: Its comprehensiveness, sufficiency and currency in meeting the needs of the asnaf faqr and asnaf miskin
title_short Haddul Kifayah: Its comprehensiveness, sufficiency and currency in meeting the needs of the asnaf faqr and asnaf miskin
title_full Haddul Kifayah: Its comprehensiveness, sufficiency and currency in meeting the needs of the asnaf faqr and asnaf miskin
title_fullStr Haddul Kifayah: Its comprehensiveness, sufficiency and currency in meeting the needs of the asnaf faqr and asnaf miskin
title_full_unstemmed Haddul Kifayah: Its comprehensiveness, sufficiency and currency in meeting the needs of the asnaf faqr and asnaf miskin
title_sort haddul kifayah: its comprehensiveness, sufficiency and currency in meeting the needs of the asnaf faqr and asnaf miskin
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/47684/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/47684/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/47684/1/UMP.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/47684/2/IREP-228-249-Haddul_Kifayah-UMP.pdf
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