The role of zakat in the promotion of social justice for persons with disabilities in Malaysia

One of the important aspects of Shariah is to achieve social justice. Zakat (tithe) institution assists those who are poor and needy within the beneficiaries (asnaf) which in turn enables the Shariah to achieve social justice. The institution has become integral part within Malaysian Muslim society...

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Main Authors:	Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin, Md Tah, Ikmal Hisham
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Serials Publications 2017
Subjects:	JX International law K Law (General) KBP Islamic Law
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/61134/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/61134/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/61134/1/JILR-%202017.pdf

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spelling	iium-611342018-01-09T15:08:18Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/61134/ The role of zakat in the promotion of social justice for persons with disabilities in Malaysia Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin Md Tah, Ikmal Hisham JX International law K Law (General) KBP Islamic Law One of the important aspects of Shariah is to achieve social justice. Zakat (tithe) institution assists those who are poor and needy within the beneficiaries (asnaf) which in turn enables the Shariah to achieve social justice. The institution has become integral part within Malaysian Muslim society whereby government has set up proper mechanism of paying zakat through institution recognized under the law. In this article it will be shown how the fund of zakat in the state of Selangor has managed to provide some assistance to PWD in looking after the welfare and rights as well as striving for achieving social justice. Thus, it can be concluded that the realization of human rights for PWD can be achieved together with the fulfilment of Islamic obligation especially by paying Zakat. Serials Publications 2017-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/61134/1/JILR-%202017.pdf Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin and Md Tah, Ikmal Hisham (2017) The role of zakat in the promotion of social justice for persons with disabilities in Malaysia. Journal of Islamic Law Review,, 13 (1). pp. 85-99. ISSN 0973-2918 http://serialsjournals.com/journal-detail.php?journals_id=272
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description	One of the important aspects of Shariah is to achieve social justice. Zakat (tithe) institution assists those who are poor and needy within the beneficiaries (asnaf) which in turn enables the Shariah to achieve social justice. The institution has become integral part within Malaysian Muslim society whereby government has set up proper mechanism of paying zakat through institution recognized under the law. In this article it will be shown how the fund of zakat in the state of Selangor has managed to provide some assistance to PWD in looking after the welfare and rights as well as striving for achieving social justice. Thus, it can be concluded that the realization of human rights for PWD can be achieved together with the fulfilment of Islamic obligation especially by paying Zakat.
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title	The role of zakat in the promotion of social justice for persons with disabilities in Malaysia
title_short	The role of zakat in the promotion of social justice for persons with disabilities in Malaysia
title_full	The role of zakat in the promotion of social justice for persons with disabilities in Malaysia
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The role of zakat in the promotion of social justice for persons with disabilities in Malaysia

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