Starting from 2016, the Malaysia Government has reduced the budget for Public Universities with 10 to 20 percent cut from the previous years. Hence, it is encouraged for the Public Universities to generate 30 percent of its income. One of the ways is through waqf. It is stated
that since the 17th century, the education activities were funded by waqf and charitable giving until there are universities established based on waqf such as Cordova University and al-Azhar University. In Malaysia, the development of waqf education has been started by several
universities as well Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in 2014 through the establishment of Yayasan USM. Compared to another public university, USM is considered new in waqf education, and it is needed for the university management to understand the behavioural aspect of waqf education especially in cash waqf giving behaviour. The paper aims to understand the perception of USM Muslim staff on factors that will influence their intention to perform cash waqf. It is to identify which factors contribute to the performance of cash waqf giving among USM Muslim staff. This research adopted a quantitative method using questionnaire distribution and analyse using IBM SPSS.
The result shows the religious factors scored highest which means that USM Muslim staff thinks that religiosity is the strongest factor influencing their intention to perform cash waqf. From the result, the USM management should know what they need to do to enhance waqf education collection better.
Source: Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture
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