A Systematic Literature Review on Zakat

Abstract

Although zakat is an extremely studied topic in Islamic Social Finance, a systematic, comprehensive, and diverse review in the domain of zakat is lacking. This paper attempts to conduct a systematic review on the status of zakat literature, taking Malaysia as a case study. The article searched on the Scopus database and identified sixty-three (63) related studies. However, only thirty-one (31) studies throughout 2009-2020 met the criteria set for the study. This study examined several aspects of literature review which include research type, research approach and subject area. The outcome of this article is to provide direction for future studies.