Zakat is compulsory charity in Islam to fight poverty and inequality, but there is a gap in literature concerning the performance of zakat in terms of achieving sustainable development for its recipients. Therefore, this study intends to assess the role of zakat in achieving the sustainable...

The study looked at the level of sustainable development, whether the institutional factors or often, the demographic changes over time, that might have an impact. The data was meticulously collected through 427 returned questionnaires among zakat recipients in eleven districts of Kedah,...

Scholars and researchers in the field are almost unanimous that poverty reduction is one of the primary goals of zakat and targeted upliftment is pivotal for poverty alleviation. Generally it has been argued that faqir (destitute) and miskin (needy) are the primary target groups and their...