Upaya Lazismu Dalam Memandirikan Mustahik Di Kota Pekanbaru

Abstract

This research is motivated because Pekanbaru City is one of the Metropolitan Cities and also has a fairly high poverty rate. Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Riau Province, of the 6.8 million people in Riau (2018 data), 483,000 of them are poor. This figure is up to September 2019 with a percentage of 6.90 percent. Even though it has decreased compared to the same period of the previous year, Riau is in the fifth position of the poorest in Sumatra from the number of people. One of the concrete steps to reduce this number is to empower the community's economy. Lazismu Pekanbaru City is one of the Amil Zakat Institutions as a distributor of zakat for the people of Pekanbaru City. Lazismu Pekanbaru City has a program to alleviate poverty and empower the underprivileged, both economically and intellectually. In this study, the researcher used a qualitative descriptive method by describing the events that occurred in the field and then the results of the data were analyzed descriptively qualitatively. Data collection techniques in this study were observation, interviews, and documentation. The theory that the researcher uses to analyze the data is the theory from Mardikunto which says the goals of empowerment are institutional improvement, business improvement, income improvement, environmental improvement, life improvement, and community improvement. The observations that the researchers did in this study were to go directly to observe the empowerment activities of Lazismu and also to mustahik's business places, but still adhere to health protocols. For interviews, researchers directly conducted interviews with mustahik and also Lazismu and continued to apply health protocols. The results of this study when viewed from the aspect of zakat management Lazismu Pekanbaru City was successful because Lazismu had distributed assistance to mustahik and mustahik felt helped by the assistance. When viewed from the aspect of implementing the Lazismu program, it is still lacking and the cause is that there are no empowerment professionals within Lazismu itself. Furthermore, from the intellectual and spiritual aspects, Lazismu has been running well, where mustahik has understood the basic Islamic creed and is also diligent in establishing prayers and has good morals.