Kaum Pekerja sesagai Objek Zakat Profesi di Era Ekonomi Kontemporer

Abstract

Economic development has created various types of jobs with various skills, which in the end of these various types of work get wages or salaries from those who give jobs. The wages are paid based on piecework, daily, weekly and monthly. When the work is getting more difficult and challenging and requires physical skills and management skills, the wages or salaries can be even greater, for this reason, the achievement of the nishab of zakat mal (professional zakat) of these workers is no longer a necessity. The increasing income of workers makes it easier for them to enjoy worldly facilities for their families and there are positive and negative impacts on this. The large income from professions that emerged in the contemporary era resulted in unexpected expenses due to a lifestyle by borrowing money to fulfill his lifestyle so that he fell into consumptive debts that burdened his income. At the same time, professionals who are on the one hand are capable of paying zakat mal because they exceed the nishob but end up being mustahik because the remaining income is very small due to fulfilling loan obligations.