Feasibility Study for Distribution of Zakat to Mustahiq Community in West Bandung: A Village Assisted by Rumah Zakat

This paper assessed the feasibility of communitybased zakat recipients and recommended relevant programs to alleviate mustahiq community conditions in West Bandung District. Research on feasibility studies for community-based zakat programs is still infrequent. Furthermore, no standardized assessment tool has been designed to measure the feasibility of becoming a zakat recipient based on characteristics of the community. Therefore, this study used the Village Zakat Index (IDZ) instrument adopted from Puskas BAZNAS. IDZ was derived from the average calculation of five dimensions of economics, health, education, social and humanity, and da’wah in the community by using a mixed methods approach and multistage cluster sampling. Results showed that Mekarwangi Village in West Bandung District could be helped by the charity fund based on calculation of IDZ that reached 0.59. Meanwhile, the detailed index of each dimension’s economic conditions was 0.32; the educational and health were 0.64 and 0.52 respectively. Dimension of Social and humanity was 0.71 and 0.80 for the da’wah dimension. Based on these results, the program relevant to the condition of the mustahiq community in West Bandung District Mekarwangi Village was community economic improvement through empowerment of economic potential. Keywords— utilization of zakat, mustahiq community, zakat village index