Factors Affecting Palm Farmers’ Decisions to Dispense Plantage-Product Zakat in Labuhanbatu Selatan Regency

Abstract

Zakat is one of the five points in rukun Islam and consists of two types: zakat nafs (soul) and zakat maal (wealth). One of the many kinds of zakat maal is plantage-product zakat. Labuhanbatu Selatan Regency is an area that contains 160,785.04 hectares of palm plantation land as recorded in 2016. The area also produced 7,493,696.18 tons of Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) in the same year. The objective of this study is to identify the potential of plantage-product zakat (specifically palm plantage) and analyze the factors that affect farmers’ decision to dispense plantage-product zakat in Labuhanbatu Selatan Regency. Logistic regression analysis was the method of analysis used in this study. Based on data obtained from Dinas Perkebunan Provinsi Sumatera Utara 2016, the potential of plantage-product zakat in Labuhanbatu Selatan Regency reached 25.6 billion rupiahs in 2014; 21.6 billion rupiahs in 2015, and 370.4 billion rupiahs in 2016. The variables that significantly affected farmers’ decisions to dispense plantage-product zakat were comprehension of zakat, faith, rewards, Islamic study, and frequency of worship.

Zakah of Agriculture: Factors Influencing Farmers’ Behavioral Intention to Pay

“…Understanding is the realization of knowledge that was watched and listened to by someone intently. Based on the study of Syn et al (2018), understanding zakah influenced the farmers' intention to pay zakah. Asmalia et al (2018) showed that understanding influences the attitude then attitude would force the intention of people to pay zakah.…”

“…Paying zakah is obligatory for every Muslim who has fulfilled the nishab provisions (Amalia & Mahalli, 2012). There are two types of zakah, namely zakah nafs (fitrah/soul), which is mandatory to be given out at the end of Ramadhan, and zakah maal (wealth), which includes business revenue, wages/salaries, mining, agriculture, marine products, farming, plantation product, treasure, gold and silver which have it is own nishab each type of zakah (Syn et al, 2018). For the specific discussion, this study focused on one sector, agricultural zakah.…”

“…Referring to the Theory of Reason Action (TRA) by Ajzen and Fishben in 1980, two factors influence the behavioral intention of someone to do something, namely attitude and subjective norms (Mahyarni, 2013). Furthermore, there was another factor that was able to measure the intention to pay zakah, namely understanding (Syn et al, 2018). The previous research showed that behavioral intention comes from the positive attitude of a person (Aryadhe et al, 2018).…”