STRATEGI BAZNAS KOTA PADANG DALAM MEMBERDAYAKAN MASYARAKAT MISKIN MELALUI JAMA’AH MASJID
Community empowerment efforts by the City of Padang BAZNAS is through a program that is used as a form of productive zakat utilization and the distribution carried out by BAZ must be prioritized to productive businesses and on target. From this description, the researcher formulated the problem in three research problem formulations, namely 1. How is the BAZNAS strategy of Padang City in empowering the poor with the requirements of the mosque/mushalla congregation. 2. How is the implementation of empowering the poor by the Padang City BAZNAS on the condition of being a mosque/mushalla congregation? And 3. What are the inhibiting and supporting factors of Padang City BAZNAS in empowering the poor on the condition of being a mosque/mushalla congregation? This research is a field research using descriptive qualitative method. The results of this study are the BAZNAS strategy of Padang City in empowering the poor with the requirements of mosque/mushalla congregation, it has been conducted since 2011. If the people who submit do not have an active certificate of this congregation it will not be served at BAZNAS Padang City. Implementation of the empowerment of the poor by the Padang City BAZNAS with the requirement to be a mosque/mushalla congregation, in the field there are found mosques or mushallas that provide convenience, however there are also mosque or mushalla administrators who are indeed selective in providing the certificate, even though they face challenges from the community around it. The inhibiting factor of Padang City BAZNAS in empowering the poor on condition of being a mosque/mushalla congregation is the lack of public understanding of the purpose of the inclusion of the active congregation certificate. While the supporting factors are the City of Padang BAZNAS has strength, there is support and assistance from the government, has experienced human resources, and has a strategic location on the edge of the road by the city of Padang.Keywords: Strategy, Baznas, Empowering, The Poor, Mosque Jama'ah