Charitable giving appears to be one of the most critical approaches to mitigating the impact of the global crisis such as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the poor and vulnerable people in Malaysia. Therefore, this study investigates the influences of religiosity, subjective norms, and attitude on donation intention among Malaysian Muslims during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in Malaysia. This study obtained a primary dataset consisting of 328 responses among Muslims throughout 14 states and the Federal Territories of Malaysia. Partial least square-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) were employed to analyze the primary data. Consequently, the results have found that religiosity and attitude are significant factors that directly predict monetary donation intention. Furthermore, attitude acted as a mediator in the relationship between religiosity and subjective norms on Malaysian Muslims’ donation intention. Ultimately, this study proposed relevant policies to identify specific factors that affect the donation intention as a practical response for vulnerable groups impacted by COVID-19 in Malaysia.

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.