Comparative Study of Zakat Zakat Village Management in Java and Outside Java, Indonesia

Abstract

The Zakat Village Program (KZ) is one of the instruments of Islamic philanthropy initiated by the Ministry of Religious Affairs and BAZNAS for poverty alleviation in Indonesia. This study aims to analyze and compare the implementation of the Zakat Village program in Indonesia, focusing on the differences in models between Java and outside Java. Using a descriptive-comparative qualitative method through literature study. This research is a representative case study: Ngasem Village, Bojonegoro (Java) and Oesalaen Village, Kupang, NTT (Outside Java). The results show that the implementation of the KZ program is not monolithic, but rather adaptive to the regional socio-economic context. In Java (Ngasem Village), the program focuses on economic acceleration and institutional strengthening. Zakat intervention (input) is allocated as productive capital managed through active community participation in new institutions (Sharia Cooperatives), with the target (output) of transforming mustahik into muzakki. Meanwhile, outside Java (Oesalaen Village), which represents a disadvantaged area (3T), the program must adopt a basic needs fulfillment model. Zakat intervention (input) is prioritized for vital infrastructure (such as clean water), where the economic impact (dryland farming) can only be created after basic needs are met. Community participation is communal-mobilizing (mutual cooperation). This study concludes that the effectiveness of Kampung Zakat depends on its ability to adapt, where programs in Java focus on institutional strengthening, while those outside Java focus on fulfilling basic infrastructure.

Keywords: Kampung Zakat, Zakat Community Development (ZCD), Economic Empowerment