PENGARUH PENGGUNAAN DANA ZAKAT TERHADAP PEMBERDAYAAN EKONOMI MASYARAKAT DI BAZNAS KOTA TANGERANG

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Zakat plays a very strategic role in poverty alleviation and economic development. Unlike other sources of funding for development, zakat has no net return other than the blessing of Allah. The purpose of this study is to determine how the zakat fund distribution system will be used for community economic empowerment and how much influence the use of zakat funds on community economic empowerment in a case study at Baznas Tangerang City. The type used in this study is the Quantitative Method. The data analysis method uses the Classical Assumption Test which includes, Normality Test, Heteroscedasticity Test, Autocorrelation Test and Simple Linear Regression Test. Hypothesis Test which includes the Determination Coefficient Test (R²) and t Test (Partial Test). The results of this study conclude that based on the t test shows that the p value (sig.) of 0.009 is smaller than alpha 0.05 which means the use of zakat funds has a positive effect on community economic empowerment. Based on the coefficient of determination it can be seen that the independent variable explains the dependent variable by 21.4% while 78.6% is explained by other variables.

Keywords: Zakat; Empowerment; Economy; Society