Religiosity, Literacy, Income, and Accessibility to Awareness in Professional Zakah Payment: A Quantitative Study
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International Journal of Zakat Vol. 6(1) 2021 page 39-48 Religiosity, Literacy, Income, and Accessibility to Awareness in Professional Zakah Payment: A Quantitative Study Lailatul Fitri & Falikhatun Universitas Negeri Sebelas Maret ABSTRACT The aim of this research is to determine the influence of religiosity, level of literacy, income, and accessibility to the consciousness of paying profession zakâh. This research uses quantitative methods and applies multiple regression analysis. We use purposive random sampling with 124 samples which represent Moslems from 14 districts in Indonesia. Based on multiple regression analysis, it can be seen that religiosity, literacy, income, and accessibility have significant effects to the consciousness of paying profession zakâh. Therefore, this study encourages zakah institutions to improve its accessibility including location and payment to increase the consciousness of paying zakâh on profession. Keywords: religiosity, literacy, income, accessibility, consciousness, zakah INTRODUCTION consciousness of profession Zakah expected to make changes and bigger Zakah is an obligation in Islam, but impacts in infrastructure development, practically not every Moslem pays and economics condition for those who zakah. The collection of zakah in needed it. Indonesia is still low. One of the factors Qardawi (1987) has seen the that affect the number of zakah evolving profession and the collection is the consciousness of development of various professions and people paying zakah (Istiqomah and tried to explain contemporary zakah Asrori, 2019). A moslem most likely to ideas to support the welfare of Muslims do prayers, fasting, and palmer to through professional zakah. In his book, Mecca (hajj) rather than paying zakah (Thoyib, 2002). The consciousness of Qardawi (1987) also explains; doing prayers, fasting, and palmer to "if we collect from farmers even Mecca (hajj) is different with the though as tenants, as much as consciousness of paying zakah. Zakah is one-tenth or one-twentieth of the the embodiment of human relationships crops or fruits, why shouldn’t we with others (hablumminannaas). Thus, collect from an employee or a the importance of the relationship of doctor, for example, a quarter of paying zakah is not only a matter of his income" faith but also social godliness. Qardawi (1987) considers that Zakah is one of the important the income earned from the profession instruments for Moslem's welfare of a Muslim, as long as it has met development in Indonesia. People who the nishab, is obliged to pay zakah on pay zakah is helping the economy and that income. Although there are still encourage poor people so they can have differences of opinion regarding this a better life (Hafidhuddin, 2002). The matter, professional zakah is seen to
40 International Journal of Zakat Vol. 6(1) 2021 provide justice to Muslims. In other population are Muslim, the knowledge words, it is not only farmers and of professional zakah and zakah in breeders who are obliged to distribute general, is still quite low (Uddin, zakah, but every Muslim who earns 2016). Muslim residents in Bangladesh income from any profession and has are only charged zakah on assets that reached the nishab, is obliged to pay are not personal items such as housing, zakah from the profession. cars, clothing, furniture, and other household items. In Indonesia, Profession zakah is publicly professional zakah has a high potential known in several countries in the world, for acceptance. The achievement of including Malaysia and Pakistan. The zakah acceptance in Indonesia is Malaysian National Fatwa stipulates the dominated by professional zakah. Table mandatory zakah decision for someone 1 shows the amount of professional who has met the requirements to pay zakah compared to another zakah in (Abu Bakar and Rashid, 2010), while zakah receipts in Indonesia from 2015 Pakistan has a computerized system of to 2018. collecting zakah. It is different from Bangladesh, although many of the Table 1. Profession Zakah Collection in Indonesia from 2015-2018 Zakah Collection Entire Zakah Profession Year Type of Zakah Percentage (in Rupiah) (in Rupiah) 2015 Zakah Maal- 1,920,384,584,026 52.61% Individual income Zakah Maal-Badan 157,823,481,692 4.32% 3,650,369,012,965 Zakah Maal-Others 63,016,490,414 1.73% Zakah Fitrah for 168,116,668,883 4.61% Ramadan 2016 Zakah Maal- 2,843,695,144,686 56.68% Individual Income Zakah Maal-Badan 620,546,547,627 5,017,293,126,950 12.37% Zakah Maal-Others 0 0% Zakah Fitrah 273,975,100,183 5.46% 2017 Zakah Maal- 2,785,208,957,779 44.75% Individual Income Zakah Maal-Badan 307,007,314,242 6,222,371,269,471 4.93% Zakah Maal-Others 0 0% Zakah Fitrah 1,101,926,162,357 17.70% 2018 Zakah Maal- 3,302,249,700,640 40.68% Individual Income Zakah Maal-Badan 492,422,843,634 8,117,597,683,267 6.07% Zakah Maal-Others 0 0% Zakah Fitrah 1,112,605,640,958 13.71% Source: BAZNAS National Zakah Statistics, 2015-2018. The amount of professional decreased significantly from previous zakah collection above has shown that years. This decrease in professional professional zakah is the main zakah acceptance may have something component of zakah in Indonesia. In to do with the awareness of professional 2017, professional zakah receipts zakah in society. Therefore, awareness
Religiosity, Literacy, Income, and Accessibility to Awareness in Professional… 41 in paying the zakah profession is variable, while previous research by important to research. Merlinda, et al., (2016) uses the zakat commerce variable. We also expands Previous research by Abu Bakar the scope of the sample, throughout and Rashid (2010) concluded that the Indonesia, This study also adds an two main reasons for the delivery of accessibility variable, which was professional zakah are social obligations previously used in Gurning and towards Muslims, and in part of Ritonga's (2015) research to explain its their wealth, there are rights of the poor relationship with zakat awareness in and needy. Pangestu (2017), also general. explains that the level of faith, zakah literacy, accountability and transparency of financial reporting of the Amil Zakah Zakah on Profession Institution has a significant positive Zakah on Profession is a contemporary relationship to the motivation to pay zakah idea initiated by Yusuf Qardawi zakah. The results of this study are in his book entitled Fiqhuz Zakah. different from the research of Farah, According to him, professional zakah is Othman, and Omar (2017) which zakah that comes from the income of concluded that religiosity does not have the work from the skill of the hands or a significant effect on a person's brains, and the work done for other intention to pay zakah. parties (Qardawi, 1987). Qardawi argues that the provisions of Istiqomah and Asrori (2019) professional zakah should be equated explains that the level of literacy, with other zakah maal, to provide accountability, and transparency of the justice to Muslims regardless of their zakah positive effect on confidence muzakki to the institution of zakah source of income. collection. Merlinda, Burhan, and Imam Abû Hanîfah, is one of the Ekawaty (2016) in his research on the scholars who support the obligation of factors that influence the decision to pay professional zakah (Qardawi in Ghofur, zakah commerce concluded that the et al., 2016). According to him, the decision to pay zakah strongly zakah must be paid in income when it influenced by income and knowledge of reaches the full year to the owner unless her about charity. Furthermore, the owner has similar assets to which Merlinda et. al., (2016) explained that zakah must be paid. If this situation muzakki has a preference for occurs, professional zakah can be issued distributing zakah through non-formal at the beginning of the year provided institutions or directly to specified that it has reached the nishab. recipients. This phenomenon clarifies Therefore, no matter how much income the fact that accessibility can affect a person earns, even though it is close awareness of paying zakah on to a year from the arrival of similar profession. Accessibility is meant not assets, that person is obliged to pay only the accessibility of regional professional zakah together with the coverage but also information principle of similar assets. technology and finance. This study is different with Awareness of Paying Zakah previous research by Merlinda, et al., Consciousness is to know and because this study uses awareness of understand, a conscious human being is profession zakat as the dependent a unique form in which he can put
42 International Journal of Zakat Vol. 6(1) 2021 himself by his faith (Aulia, 2015). Muslim's motivation can be influenced Geller (in Wardhani, 2008) explains that by rewards or punishments so that there are four levels of awareness in a Muslim belief in the rewards of paying person. These stages include: 1) zakah can affect his awareness of Unconscious Incompetence, which is paying zakah. Five dimensions of the initial stage where a person is not religiosity will be used as indicators of able to understand what to do, 2) this variable. Previous research by Conscious Incompetence, when Pangestu (2017) and Kartika (2019) someone understands what to do, but concluded that religiosity has a positive there needs to be learning to do it right. relationship with interest in paying 3) Concious Competence, the stage zakah. These results are supported by where a person does something other research by Satrio and Siswantoro correctly following the established (2016) which explains that religiosity rules, and 4) Unconcious Competence, has a positive influence on the interest which is the final stage when a person in paying zakah professionally. This has a habit and knows exactly what he means that the more religious a person is doing. Soekanto (2002) states that is, the higher his awareness in paying awareness has several indicators in the zakah on profession will be higher. form of stages, namely: knowledge, understanding, attitudes, and patterns of Literacy behavior or action. In another case in Literacy comes from the Latin littera the field of psychology, consciousness (letter) which is defined as mastery of includes three things, namely writing systems and the conventions perception, thoughts and feelings that accompany them (Saomah, 2017). (Atkison in Wardhani, 2008) Literations is a stage of social behavior in which the individual is considered Religiosity able to read, interpret, and analyze Religion shows the religious aspects information and knowledge. Literacy is that are lived by each individual closely related to someone's knowledge. (Mahampang, 2017). Glock and Stark Someone who has extensive knowledge (in Ancok and Suroso, 1994) explains, about a matter can be said to have a religiosity is a reflection of the size of high literacy level, while someone who the level of knowledge, strength of has a narrow knowledge of something is conviction, worship perseverance, as said to have a low literacy level. well as the depth of appreciation to the The level of zakah literacy is the religion's adopted, not just a visual level to which Muslims understand activity, but also activity that is not seen zakah. Good zakah literacy will have an but is felt in the heart someone. impact on active participation in literacy Furthermore, Glock and Stark (in (Istiqomah and Asrori, 2019). BAZNAS Ancok and Suroso, 1994) describe the (2019) researched zakah literacy in five dimensions of religiosity, namely: Indonesia and divided the level of the 1) the ideological dimention, 2) literacy index into two, basic knowledge intellectual dimension, 3) ritualistic of zakah and advanced knowledge of dimention, 4) experiential dimention, zakah. Basic knowledge is proxied in and consequential dimention. the knowledge of zakah in general, the Ahmad (2007) in the theory of obligation to pay zakah, 8 asnaf. Islamic motivation, explains that a calculation, and the object of
Religiosity, Literacy, Income, and Accessibility to Awareness in Professional… 43 zakah. While advanced knowledge is Islamic Motivation Theory proxied in the knowledge of institutions, explains that humans can be regulations, impacts, distribution accountable for their assets. The more programs, and digital zakah payments. assets he owns, the higher his ability and awareness should be in paying The theory of Islamic motivation zakah professionally. The latest according to Alawneh and the results of research shows that the income effect previous research has a concordant on the public interest to pay zakah in conclusion that the higher a person's Amil Zakah (Satrio and Siswantoro, knowledge or literacy, the more 2016). motivated he will be to gain achievements, including in paying zakah profession. Previous research by Accessibility Istiqomah and Asrori (2019), concluded Accessibility is a measure of whether a that muzakki literacy has a positive location is easy or difficult to reach influence on their belief in zakah using transportation (Black in Marganti, management institutions. Pangestu 2015). In simple terms, the accessibility (2017) in his research also supports the indicator can be measured based on the conclusion that zakah literacy has a distance. If one area adjacent to other positive effect on the motivation to pay areas, it can be said of accessibility zakah (Pangestu, 2017). This means that in between the two regions are high, and the higher the level of literacy of a vice versa (Tamin in the Bible, person, the awareness in paying zakah 2000). Accessibility can also be seen by profession will increase. paying attention to the number of network systems available in an area. Income The development of financial According to the Kamus Besar Bahasa technology allows people to pay zakah Indonesia (KBBI), income is the result online or so-called e-payment. of business work or so on. Income is Electronic payments are payment also defined by Ninik (2016) as a mechanism that uses the media without measure of the value of revenue in involving cash (Fatonah, Yulandari & currency units of work over a certain Wibowo, 2018). The payment of zakah period. Income is an important factor in itself has undergone many determining the amount of professional developments in payment methods. zakah obligation. The requirements for Therefore, the accessibility in this study zakah on profession include reaching is not only measured by the area, the the nishab and fulfilling the haul. availability of information and services Nishab is the minimum limit of assets to and the location of the zakah be able to give zakah (Ramadhona, management organization, but also the 2006), which means that when the accessibility of professional zakah e- income reaches a certain amount, then payment. someone is only subject to the Ahmad (2007) in Islamic obligation of professional zakah. Motivation Theory explains that Previous research (Merlinda, et al., humans have the right to choose the 2016) suggest that individuals who have desired action. Merlinda, et al. (2016) a high income. are also potentially explain that the majority of muzakki high to pay zakah. choose to deliver their zakah privately without going through the Zakah
44 International Journal of Zakat Vol. 6(1) 2021 Management Organization (Merlinda, et al. 2016). One of the causes of this Variable Measurement phenomenon is the lack of access Variable measurement in this research for muzakki to the Zakah Management is using the Likert Scale (Likert Organization. Based on this Scale). Each question will be assessed phenomenon, it can be said that the by scale of 1 - 5. Assessment easier the accessibility, the higher the questionnaire scores are: 1) STS awareness of paying zakah profession. highly do not agree given a score of 1, 2) TS does not agree given a score of 2, RESEARCH METHOD 3) R or in doubt is given a score of 3, 4) S agree to be given a score of 4, and 5) This research is quantitative research. SS strongly agree given a score of 5. The method used is quantitative analysis which analyses data in numerical form (Istijanto, 2005). Data RESEARCH MODEL research is the primary data collected by The data analysis used in this study distributing questionnaires through a is regression analysis. This study aims google form. The criteria for to see the correlation between respondents in this study are 1) Muslim, religiosity, level of literacy, total 2) residing in Indonesia, 3) already income, and accessibility with the working, and 4) earning the same as or awareness of paying professional zakah. above nishab. This study uses a Multiple Linear Regression is useful to population of all Indonesians who are examine the effect of one or more Muslim. The sample taken is a Muslim independent variables. The dependent who has an income above nishab. variable. Multiple linear regression Measurement of samples from an model as follows: unknown population uses the Lemeshow formula (Riduwan and = + 1( 1) + 2 ( 2) Akdon, 2010), as follow: + 3 ( 3) + 4 ( 4) 2 × × + = Information: 2 Y = Consciousness Paying Zakah Information: X1 = Religiosity n = Minimum sample size X2 = Literacy Level Zα = The standard value of the X3 = Total Income distribution according to the X4 = Accessibility value α = 5% = 1.96 α = Constant P = prevalence of outcome. β = Coefficient Because the data has not been = Error obtained, then P is used for 50% Q = 1-P RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Based on the formula, the minimum number of samples based is Description of Research Data 96 respondents. In this study, the The data collection period was carried number will be rounded up to 100 out on April 20-May 6, 2020. During respondents. that time, the number of respondents
Religiosity, Literacy, Income, and Accessibility to Awareness in Professional… 45 obtained was 222 questionnaire data Islamic motivation theory (Alawneh: from 14 regions in Indonesia. However, 1998) explains that basically, there were 98 questionnaire data that knowledge will motivate people to get were eliminated because they did not achievements, encourage and guide meet the nishab and had an extreme people to be free to do everything. Good value so that the number of literacy mastery is the basis of a questionnaire data processed in this person's behavior and point of view. study was 124. Based on the data, literacy has positive effect on Awareness of Paying Religiosity to the Awareness of Paying Professional Zakah. The higher the level Profession Zakah of literacy, then the higher awareness of Paying Zakah Profession. This is Religiosity has positive effect on consistent with the previous research of Awareness of Paying Professional Istiqomah and Asrori, (2019), and Zakah, is supported by data. These Mukaromah and Anwar (2019) which results are consistent with previous concluded that literacy has a positive research conducted by Abu Bakar and effect on awareness of paying Rashid (2010), namely that religiosity professional zakah. affects awareness of paying professional zakah. Pangestu (2017) explains that the Income to the Awareness of Paying level of faith, knowledge of zakah, accountability and transparency of Profession Zakah financial reporting has a positive and Income is an important factor in significant relationship to the determining the obligation to pay zakat motivation to pay zakah. The regression on profession. However, not everyone coefficient is positive at 0.177 which whose income exceeds the nishab has indicates that the higher a person's the awareness to pay zakat religiosity, the more his awareness in professionally. However, the results of carrying out the obligation to pay zakah this study indicate that basically, the on profession will also increase. increasing amount of a person's income will increase his awareness of paying Ahmad (2007) in the Theory of zakat on profession. The test results Islamic Motivation, explains that one of show that total income has a positive the factors that can encourage the effect on the awareness of paying motivation of a Muslim is external professional zakah. This contributes to stimuli. External stimuli are rewards or previous research conducted by Kartika, punishments that motivate a person's (2019) and Satrio and Siswantoro, behavior, including paying zakat. Higher religiosity makes a better (2016). understanding in what is recommended The test result shows that in Islam, including zakat. Therefore, the accessibility has a positive influence on increasing of religiosity, the awareness the awareness of Paying Zakah of a person in carrying out the Profession is supported by data. This obligation to pay zakat profession also contributes to previous research by increases. Gurning and Ritonga (2015) which state that the service and location of the Literacy to the Awareness of Paying Zakah Management Institution or Profession Zakah Organization (OPZ) affects the level of public awareness. In this research, the
46 International Journal of Zakat Vol. 6(1) 2021 accessibility is not only based on the variables. The author suggests the next location of the Zakah Management research to add another independent Institution or Organization, but also variable that might affect the awareness access to financial technology such as of paying zakah on profession. The online zakah payment services and questionnaire data collection can also be reporting systems. Islamic Motivation expanded in other predominantly Theory (Ahmad, 2007) states that Muslim countries such as Malaysia, humans have the right to choose the Bangladesh and Bahrain. action they want. A person's choice to deliver their zakah is closely related to the accessibility of the Amil Zakah RECOMMENDATIONS Institute. Accessibility must have the ability of affordability, which is able to This research expected to contribute to influence a person's desire to do the management of BAZNAS/Regional something. Therefore, the easier access BAZNAS/LAZ to increase public to zakah payments, it can increase literacy regarding the obligation of awareness of muzakki paying zakah paying professional zakah. Increased professionally. literacy can broaden the knowledge of muzakki and expected to increase awareness of paying professional LIMITATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS zakah. This research also encourages related parties to improve zakah This study aims to examine the effect of services by paying attention to regional religiosity, level of literacy, total accessibility, and financial technology income, and accessibility on the to facilitate the receipt and distribution awareness of paying professional zakah of zakah in Indonesia. in Indonesia. The results of data analysis concluded that all independent variables, namely Religiosity, Level of REFERENCES Literacy, Total Income, and Accessibility significantly affect the Abu Bakar, N. B., dan Rashid, H. M. A. Awareness of Paying Professional (2010). Motivations of Paying Zakah. Partially, the variables of Zakat on Income: Evidence from religiosity, level of literacy, total Malaysia. International Journal of income, and accessibility have a Economics and Finance, 2(3), 76– positive effect on awareness of paying 84. professional zakah. Ahmad, K. (2007). Management from Islamic Perspective: Principles & The author realizes that this Practices. Kuala Lumpur: Islamic research is not perfect. There are several University of Malaysia Research limitations, including: 1) the number of Center. respondents is limited to 124 Alawneh, S. F. (1998). Human respondents, 2) the period of motivation: an Islamic distributing the questionnaires is short, perspective. American Journal of 3) the adjusted R square value is 77.5% Islamic Social Sciences, 15(4), 19. so that it is not able to explain all the Ancok, Djamaludin dan Suroso, Fuat factors that affect the awareness of Nashori. (1994). Pengaruh paying professional zakah, and 4) Tingkat Kesadaran Masyarakat limited number of independent Desa Prambontergayang
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