INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF WITNESS - World Practices and Model Proposal for Turkey

The connection of Muslims with zakat has decreased day by day and has almost reached the breaking point. It is seen that there is a decrease in the number of people who calculate zakat in accordance with its originality and deliver it to those who deserve it. While the zakat potential of Islamic countries can easily eliminate the problems of income distribution and poverty, the insufficient institutionalization of zakat causes many socio-economic problems and an inability to effectively combat existing problems. Hz. Although it cannot be collected and distributed under the authority of the state and forcibly, as in the Sunnah of the Prophet (pbuh), it is seen that zakat is tried to be implemented in an institutional structure with state support in countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Pakistan. In this study, information about the countries where zakat is applied in an institutional structure is given and these zakat institutions are examined comparatively. In the light of this information, taking into account the existing legal and institutional structures, a model has been created for a modernly applicable zakat institution in Turkey.