JUSTICE IN THE COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OFZAKAH AS A STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN LAFIA LGA,.NASARAWA STATE

The aim of this paper is to address the inadequacy of Zakah distribution among the Muslims’ Zakah as one of the pillar of Islam its ultimate objective is redistribution of income among the poor within the community in order to alleviate the financial difficulty experienced by people in the society. However, inadequate and unjust distribution of Zakdhby the wealthy people has weaken the institution and narrow its prosperity, its essence is to boost economic growth if properk implemented and to cater for the welfare of common citizens. The researcher adopted the use of library materials; with the Qur’an and Hadith serving as the primary sources, interview was also conducted. The findings of this research shows that eligible persons whose money reaches nisah (the prescribed amount) when they have set aside the percentage forZakdh. instead of giving the reasonable amount to the people so as to benefit but they rather split and splash the money and distribute one thousand naira only (N 1,000) or two thousand naira only (N2, 000) to a large number of the beneficiaries, which has defeated the aim, the meagre amount given may not enable the recipients to establish the business. It is recommended that a reasonable amount should be shared to few individuals annually, perhaps the beneficiaries can use the money to start a business that can contribute to economic growth, finally, there should be a strong and functioning committee under .hand'am Xusril Islam (.INI). Jama 'am IzdlulU Bic/'ah Ha Ic/dinafis-Sminah (JIBWIS.). l itvdnu! Islam. Voice of Islam (VOI) etc. who can persuade the wealthy Muslims towards giving the /akdli.