Optimizing The Use of Zakat in The Indonesian Entrepreneurial Sector as A Means of Improving Umat’s Economy

Abstract

Zakat is the strongest and clearest formulation to realize the idea of social justice, so that the obligation to pay zakat covers the entire community, and the goods that must be spent are essentially community goods and gifts for the poor. The  of zakat to the poor aims to completely eliminate the sources of poverty and the possibility of eliminating the causes of poverty, so that in the future they no longer need zakat assistance and even become zakat payers. Especially in the utilization of zakat in the entrepreneurial sector in Indonesia, a means of optimizing the improvement of the people's economy. So that it can be a national economic stimulus. The research uses a qualitative normative approach and is supported by primary and secondary data.