Description:

This Master Prompt provides an interdisciplinary framework for evaluating zakat as an instrument of poverty alleviation, wealth redistribution, social protection, financial inclusion and sustainable socioeconomic development. It guides researchers in investigating the effects of zakat on poverty incidence and intensity, income inequality, household welfare, human development, health, education, financial vulnerability, economic resilience and broader social justice. The framework distinguishes between immediate relief and long-term empowerment and supports rigorous impact evaluation of productive zakat, capital assistance, entrepreneurship programmes, health financing and other interventions. Researchers can integrate Islamic economics, development economics, social policy and sustainability perspectives to determine whether zakat produces measurable improvements in beneficiary welfare.