This study aims to determine the effect of the Use of Zakat Funds on
Community Empowerment. The data used are the results of a
questionnaire distributed to Mustahik (zakat recipients) at the National
Amil Zakat Institute (LAZNas) Chevron Rumbai. The research method
used to analyze data and test hypotheses is a simple linear regression
with the use of the Zakat Fund as an independent or independent
variable and Community Empowerment as the dependent or dependent
variable. The population of this study is Mustahik (recipient of zakat) in
Chevron Rumbai LAZNas in 2018, amounting to 52 and the size of
Mustahik is determined by 46 peoples. Based on the results of research
conducted by the author, the variable Use of Zakat Funds has a
significant effect on the Community Empowerment variable. This is
evidenced from the results of the significance value of 0,045