Open AccessZAKAT AS A SOLUTION FOR PUBLIC ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN THE ERA OF COVID-19
Author(s) -
Chadijah Haris
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
tasharruf
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2528-0325
pISSN - 2528-0317
DOI - 10.30984/tjebi.v6i1.1463
Subject(s) - solidarity , pandemic , covid-19 , poverty , context (archaeology) , economic recovery , data collection , political science , function (biology) , solidarity economy , economic growth , sociology , economics , geography , social science , law , politics , medicine , disease , archaeology , pathology , evolutionary biology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , keynesian economics , biology
This article aims to describe the economic situation in the covid 19 pandemic era and analyze the function of zakat in restoring the society economy during the Covid-19 pandemic. The method used in this research was a literature study. The data collection techniques were carried out in two ways comprised primary and secondary data. The data analysis was content analysis. The results showed that zakat served as a manifestation of human solidarity, which means that the rich are required to spend some of their wealth in the form of zakat, and distribute it to the needy, in this context how to see zakat function as a way to help economic recovery during the pandemic. So it can be concluded that with the distribution of zakat, such as Zakat Fitrah, Zakat Maal and professional Zakat, it can strengthen the solidarity and foster the relationship between human by helping the needs of people affected by Covid-19 and reduce the poverty during the pandemic that currently affects all people in the world, especially in Indonesia.