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Call for a Hybrid Model of ZakāH Disbursement in Sri Lanka
1Arafath Careem Mohammed Jiffry,2Assoc. Prof. Dr. AbdulHamid Mohammed Ali Zaroum,
3Dr. Ataollah Rahmani,4 Dr. Mustafa Shamsuddin
1PhD Candidate in Fiqh and Usul Fiqh at International Islamic University Malaysia
2Lecturer in the Dept of Fiqh IIUM
3Lecturer in Commercial Law at al-Maktoum Collage of Higher Education
4Lecturer at IIUM
DOI : https://doi.org/10.58806/ijsshmr.2023.v2i6n06

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ABSTRACT

This paper chiefly is focused on analyzing the disbursement system of Sri Lankan voluntary zakāh institutions. Although the institutionalization of zakāh has been in existence for several decades, its impact on the socio-economic condition of the Sri Lankan Muslim minority remains limited. According to some preliminary studies, the dominant consumption-oriented zakāh disbursement is a prime factor hampering the materialization of multiple socio-economic objectives of zakāh in the Sri Lankan pluralistic context. This study deployed the qualitative method along with content analysis to analyze the relevant data collected from the interviews and the existing literature on the subject. This study proposes that the current consumption-oriented distribution should be combined with the result-oriented distribution and carried out at all regional levels in a standard and well-planned manner that is capable to accommodate the investment and skill-oriented distributing systems. Such a hybrid mode of disbursement would contribute to realizing the broader objectives of zakāh for Muslim minorities in Sri Lanka.

KEYWORDS:

Zakāh Institution- Sri Lankan Muslim Minority- Disbursement- Socio-Economic Well-Being

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