Purpose of the study: The aim of this study is to identify zakat programs that have been implemented by zakat institutions in the context of increasing social roles, especially to reduce poverty. This study concludes that a strategic program in the distribution of zakat to help the poor improve their welfare. Methodology: This study adopts a docume

Slums and squatters1 is predominantly a Third World phenomenon which has become very prominent recently; and as such it has now been increasing at a steady rate ever since. It has often been assumed that the squatters are the marginal population of the land who have been pushed to the unoccupied government and private lands in the urban centers, be

Pembangunan institusi wakaf memainkan peranan yang signifikan dalam menyumbang kepada kemakmuran dan kemajuan sosioekonomi ummah. Objektif utama pembangunan harta wakaf adalah untuk menjamin kelestarian agihan manfaat kepada benefisiari bagi merealisasikan hasrat pewakaf demi memperoleh ganjaran pahala yang berterusan daripada Allah SWT. Masalah ke

This article would like to highlight one sayyids family which for a long time had been marginal in the academic world – the Sayyids of Jamalullail of Perak. This article argues that they have contributed significantly to the Islamisation and the administration of the Perak Sultanate since its establishment in the early 16th century until the earl

Harnessing a sustainable model of waqf remains as the key challenge faced by waqf managers, particularly in the mid of socio-economic crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this paper is to discuss and propose the potential viability of waqf unit trust as a form of an alternative asset for the purpose of waqf creation. The current study em

Harnessing a sustainable model of waqf remains as the key challenge faced by waqf managers particularly in the mid of socio-economic crisis due to COVID-19 pandemic. This paper aims to present the viability of unit trust waqf as an alternative asset for waqf creation. This study employed a qualitative research designed through the use of document a

This study examines the extent of Islamic influence on the Ninety-nine Laws of Perak. It adopts the legal-anthropological functional approach, which regards law as the means by which conflict and disputes are resolved in the society and as a system that operates in conjunction with other schemes to regulate and control the social order. It emphasiz

The main objective of this conceptual study is to propose an ideal risk-based supervisory framework for Islamic banks that recognises the specificities of Islamic banks. Thus, it gives a more accurate assessment of their financial health (risk profile) as opposed to using current conventional banking based frameworks to assess Islamic banks. The me

The understanding of biogas explosion characteristics is needed to describe the severity of the explosion. Biogas is a flammable gas and will explode when ignited. This study reports the experimental results on biogas explosion characteristics in a standard 20-L spherical vessel under quiescent conditions using electric spark (10 J) as an ignition

This paper offers a conceptual business model of a Malaysian-based University of the Future, called MyUni, with one of its value proposition in engaging and transforming local and global communities. Globally, labor productivity and unemployment has increased to crisis levels. However, the global economy is growing at a slower rate. Increasing empl