Conservative business people's perception of zakat

Zakat is one of the obligatory acts of worship in Islam. Its obligation is fixed by the Qur'an and the Sunnah. It is an obligatory duty that every believer who has the nisab amount of wealth must fulfill. The most important aspect that distinguishes zakat from other acts of worship is its financial aspect. It gives direction to the economy. The most important purpose of zakat is to establish a balance between the rich and the poor and to ensure justice in income distribution. However, it has been a matter of debate among classical jurists whether the goods that have reached the nisab amount should be subject to zakat or not. Especially with our modernizing world, many new business lines and sectors that did not exist during the period of the treatise have entered our lives. When business people who are engaged in trade have some problems when they are going to pay their zakat, they cannot refer to the Qur'an and Sunnah and problems arise. The purpose of this study is to examine and investigate in detail the viewpoints of religious and conservative business people towards zakat. It is aimed to examine the problems experienced during the fulfillment of zakat worship, people's knowledge about zakat worship, their perceptions and their compliance with zakat. The fact that the worship of zakat is desired to be fulfilled completely and correctly, its importance is sufficiently understood and awareness is desired to be created has led to the emergence of this study. The subject of our study is to measure the perceptions of conservative business people about zakat. As a result of their commercial activities, business people who give a certain amount of their earnings as zakat, their knowledge about zakat, their awareness, their thoughts about zakat worship, and their attitudes towards the problems they experience. In addition, they also pay taxes to the state as a civic duty. Qualitative research method was adopted in the study. Phenomenological method design was preferred as the research design. Interview and document analysis were used as data collection tools. The study group of the research consisted of 12 people who are conservative business people who are engaged in trade and who give zakat.