ZISWAF as Social Capital for Poverty Reduction; Studying at Sabilillah Mosque, Malang City, East Java

Zakat, infaq, alms, and waqf instruments as social capital can be utilized optimally, especially poverty reduction in Malang City, East Java. The purpose of this paper is to determine the optimization of sharia instruments of zakat, infaq, alms, and waqf as social capital in poverty alleviation carried out by the Sabilillah Mosque, Malang City, East Java. The theory used in this study is the theory of social capital using ZISWAF as an instrument with a descriptive qualitative approach. Data collection methods are used by observation, interviews, and documentation. The results of this study indicate that: 1. Sabilillah Mosque, Malang City, East Java, really maximizes the ZISWAF instrument as social capital in empowering the people's economy, overcoming poverty and unemployment problems, and carrying out the mosque's social role. Social activities such as micro business capital assistance, empowerment of the poor through health services, and education are carried out intensively with the help of commercial units belonging to the Sabilillah Mosque, such as LAZ and the Mosque Cooperative. 2. Maximizing the use of ZISWAF as social capital by contributing to increasing people's incomes, sustaining micro-enterprises, and creating an equitable distribution of income. The utilization of ZISWAF as social capital to the fullest helps increase the level of community income, survival of micro-enterprises, and creates a fair distribution of income. 3. Optimization of the ZISWAF instrument as social capital conveys a clear message that mosques can also help improve the living standards of poor and lowincome people/congregants