Contemporary application of categorizing zakat recipients under Riqab

Contemporary approach of categorizing zakat recipients under Riqab or slavery is essential to reflect the current contexts. Thus, the categorization certainly requires adaptation and application. In the old days, slavery was apparent in the society. It is not in today’s context. Nevertheless, slaver...

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Main Authors:	Ismail, Yusof, Awang, Abdul Bari, Sarif, Suhaimi Mhd
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Language:	English
Published:	World Fatwa Management and Research Institute (INFAD) at Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) 2019
Subjects:	BP173.75 Islam and economics HB126.4 Islamic Economics HF5387 Business ethics
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spelling	iium-757832019-11-17T15:04:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/75783/ Contemporary application of categorizing zakat recipients under Riqab Ismail, Yusof Awang, Abdul Bari Sarif, Suhaimi Mhd BP173.75 Islam and economics HB126.4 Islamic Economics HF5387 Business ethics Contemporary approach of categorizing zakat recipients under Riqab or slavery is essential to reflect the current contexts. Thus, the categorization certainly requires adaptation and application. In the old days, slavery was apparent in the society. It is not in today’s context. Nevertheless, slavery may happen in different forms and shapes. There are abundant fiqh literatures with some novel ideas of practical implications to contemporary Muslim societies. This study serves as preliminary attempt to seek the opinions of Muslim respondents on how the contemporary contexts of slavery to entitle them categorised under Riqab. The study developed a preliminary instrument and tested it on Muslim undergraduates of a public university in Malaysia who are non-specialists in Shari’ah, Fiqh, or Usul al-Fiqh. By using nine statements with a Likert-like scale, and one open-ended question, the study was able to obtain an acceptable reliability (Cronbach reliability of 0.704). Data analysis using t-test shows that male and female respondents (n=70) did not differ significantly in their views, except for “freeing a prisoner of war” (p-value .002). The rating by the respondents on eligible riqab recipients ranked “freeing a person from an oppressive ruler” (4.09/5.00), and “freeing a prisoner of war” (4,03/5.00) among the top, whereas paying off a person’s debt (3.29/5.00) the last. A significant contribution of the research is perhaps the development of the instrument which may be replicated on other types of respondents. World Fatwa Management and Research Institute (INFAD) at Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) 2019-10-30 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/75783/1/YusofIsmailAbdBariAwangSuhaimiJFMRVol18No3pp240257Riqab.pdf Ismail, Yusof and Awang, Abdul Bari and Sarif, Suhaimi Mhd (2019) Contemporary application of categorizing zakat recipients under Riqab. Journal of Fatwa Management and Research, 18 (3). pp. 240-257. ISSN 2232-1047 E-ISSN 0127-8886 http://jfatwa.usim.edu.my/index.php/jfatwa
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description	Contemporary approach of categorizing zakat recipients under Riqab or slavery is essential to reflect the current contexts. Thus, the categorization certainly requires adaptation and application. In the old days, slavery was apparent in the society. It is not in today’s context. Nevertheless, slavery may happen in different forms and shapes. There are abundant fiqh literatures with some novel ideas of practical implications to contemporary Muslim societies. This study serves as preliminary attempt to seek the opinions of Muslim respondents on how the contemporary contexts of slavery to entitle them categorised under Riqab. The study developed a preliminary instrument and tested it on Muslim undergraduates of a public university in Malaysia who are non-specialists in Shari’ah, Fiqh, or Usul al-Fiqh. By using nine statements with a Likert-like scale, and one open-ended question, the study was able to obtain an acceptable reliability (Cronbach reliability of 0.704). Data analysis using t-test shows that male and female respondents (n=70) did not differ significantly in their views, except for “freeing a prisoner of war” (p-value .002). The rating by the respondents on eligible riqab recipients ranked “freeing a person from an oppressive ruler” (4.09/5.00), and “freeing a prisoner of war” (4,03/5.00) among the top, whereas paying off a person’s debt (3.29/5.00) the last. A significant contribution of the research is perhaps the development of the instrument which may be replicated on other types of respondents.
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author	Ismail, Yusof Awang, Abdul Bari Sarif, Suhaimi Mhd
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title	Contemporary application of categorizing zakat recipients under Riqab
title_short	Contemporary application of categorizing zakat recipients under Riqab
title_full	Contemporary application of categorizing zakat recipients under Riqab
title_fullStr	Contemporary application of categorizing zakat recipients under Riqab
title_full_unstemmed	Contemporary application of categorizing zakat recipients under Riqab
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