Interconnection of Productive Zakat Management in the Development of the Mustahik Halal Industry in Indonesia

Abstract

The halal industry is always synonymous with food, fashion, tourism, and pharmaceuticals. The halal industry also includes sharia financial aspects such as zakat, infaq, alms, and waqf. This research analyzes the essential interconnection between productive zakat management and the development of the halal Mustahik industry in Indonesia. This research explains how productive zakat can be an effective instrument in empowering Mustahik involved in the halal industrial sector. This research uses a descriptive qualitative method. Primary data sources were obtained from observations and interviews with Mustahik who were involved in the halal industry, such as Mustahik who received economic programs in the form of the ZMart, Z-Coffee, Santripreneur, and Animal Center programs. Secondary data sources were obtained from the Bank Indonesia Halal Industrial Ecosystem Book, the National Strategy Book for the Development of the Indonesian Halal Industry - National Committee for Sharia Economics and Finance (KNEKS), and several articles, brochures, documents, and others related to productive zakat research. This research shows that good interconnection between productive zakat management and the development of the halal Mustahik industry is very important to achieve inclusive and sustainable economic growth in Indonesia. Therefore, there is a need for development in productive zakat investment in halal products owned by Mustahik to carry out optimal and sustainable empowerment. Productive zakat interconnection is also carried out between government institutions, halal industry players, sharia financial institutions, zakat amil institutions, and other stakeholders in creating a halal industrial ecosystem by utilizing productive zakat for Mustahik involved in the halal industry in Indonesia.