摘要：Poverty is still a serious problem for Muslims. The distribution of zakat on target should be used to solve economic problems, especially poverty. Zakat besides being distributed consumptively can be done in a productive way. Productive Zakat can be used for economic empowerment which is useful for alleviating poverty. This writing aims to examine the thoughts of Islamic leaders who have thoughts about productive zakat which is useful for economic empowerment including Yusuf Qardhawi and Sahal Mahfudh. This research is a library research using a qualitative approach. This study chooses data sources related to the research topic based on the thoughts of Yusuf Qardhawi and Sahal Mahfudh by comparing backgrounds, main ideas, implementers, targets, standard limits, and steps for economic empowerment. The results of this study found that firstly, Yusuf Qardhawi had an idea including dividing economic problems into five categories and developing issues related to zakat management, making a person, society and government as executors of economic empowerment, distributing zakat for mustahiq zakat and the poor, and steps economic empowerment is done by conveying theories to reach the minimum and maximum limits of meeting the needs of the community. Secondly, Sahal Mahfudh has ideas including economic problems and improving zakat management, making a person, community, and government as executors of economic empowerment, zakat distributed to the poor, and empowerment steps carried out with concrete actions and have succeeded in setting minimum and maximum limits of fulfilling needs Public. Third, the similarities and differences in the thoughts of Yusuf Qardhawi and Sahal Mahfudh in economic empowerment through productive zakat. The similarities and differences of thought between the two are in the background, main ideas, implementers, targets, standard boundaries, and steps in economic empowerment.
关键词：Economic empowerment; productive zakat; Yusuf Qardhawi; Sahal Mahfudh;poverty
