Awareness of zakat on gold among school staff: a study in SMA Al Hasanah / Atikah Nabilah Yusri

The metal gold is precious and valuable. Gold was the primary medium for bartering silver and acquiring the necessary goods, as history has demonstrated throughout the early Islamic civilization. States have established the zakat obligation on gold through their fatwas, and each state has a different zakat obligation. A common misconception among Muslims in Malaysia is that jewellery is exempt from zakat because it is available as long as it is worn by women. The zakat obligations in the states' practices are not well known. The purpose of this study is to investigate the staff members' knowledge and awareness of zakat on gold at Sekolah Menengah Agama Al Hasanah. The method used in this research is a quantitative method and the sample size for this research sample size is 100 respondents was chosen to obtain the data. The Krejcie & Morgan method is used for the actual survey conducted on SMA Al Hasanah staff’s. Then, the questionnaire will be distributed to the respondents involved to measure the level of awareness of the respondents about the zakat on gold. After the respondents gave feedback, the researcher collected the data and measured the level of awareness of the respondents using frequency analysis, reliability analysis, and regression analysis method through the SPSS system. In this study, the results show that knowledge, understanding, and religiosity have a significant awareness on the workers at SMA Al Hasanah about zakat on gold.