Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method for determination of reasons students’ UiTM Cawangan Perlis apply for zakat assistance

Due to the Covid 19 epidemic, all global operations have been moved to internet platforms, and physical separation instructions are being observed. ZAWAF started an online zakat aid application in March 2020 due to the impossibility of performing personal interviews during the epidemic. However, ZAWAF had a greater number of zakat help requests to handle, making it challenging for ZAWAF to identify which students had been approved for zakat support. Due to this ZAWAF inefficiency, even when using the online application process, it took two to three months to complete before students got their zakat aid. This study will acquire zakat approval more quickly when they urgently need to use more financial aid for their education by identifying the important factors (criteria) that will determine which students are eligible for zakat assistance. For improvement of determining factors that students eligible to receive zakat assistance need to include sub criteria for supporting the criteria given and need to include all 25 experts in this study.