Legal Approach to the Waqf Model to Mitigate Natural Disasters

Abstract

Waqf is an Islamic social financial instruments that can b one of the efforts to assists disaster mitigation ,considering that Indonesia is a country with a high potential for disasters . This study aims to determine and analyze the role model of waqf in pre - and post-disaster according to fiqh and national law. This research is qualitative research with a normative juridical approach using types and sources of legal data, including primary legal sources , namely the Waqf Law, Disaster Law and other regulations . Secondary legal sources in the form of journals , books and other relevant articles . Then the data was collected through literature research and then analyzed to see synchronization , and compliance with legal norms and principles through descriptive analysis . The results of this study indicates that the roles of waqf can be one of the solutions in efforts to mitigate disasters with waqf forest programs , waqf money , and waqf through money which can b an alternatives to disaster prevention with disaster-prone land disasters , raising waqf funds from the community and for the community , and waqf money as an effort to hide capital in disaster-prone open areas to become green open areas which can also provide benefits to the surrounding community