Zakat is the name or designation of a right issued by a god to those who deserve it. It is called zakat as it contains the hope of blessing, cleansing the soul and nurturing it with all sorts of virtues. The problem is, why is there still a handful of Muslims who have not yet fulfilled this claim? What steps that should be taken by the zakat institutions for raise this awareness? What is the factor that determines it to give awareness to every Muslim? Therefore, this study aimed to bring awareness to all Muslims to pay zakat and how important is to identify the real concept of charity and a great role in the global community. This study uses qualitative methods that refer to books, articles, scientific journals and reports from the State Islamic Religious Council. The findings have found that some factors such as age, marital status and income are a major significant which may influence the payment of zakat as well as zakat payment mechanism through salary deductions. There are several policy implications have also been proposed to recover the zakat institutions to advance the performance of zakat in Malaysia.
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To Cite this Article: Sahaluddin, N. S. S. B., Mokhtar, W. K. A. W. (2019). The Awareness of Zakat in the Universal Society . International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9(11), 647–651.
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