The purpose of this study is to estimate potential zakah on business collection and to discover zakah gap from public listed companies (PLCs) segment. This quantitative cross-sectional study examines the zakah status of 817 Shariah compliant companies endorsed by Shariah Advisory Council of the Securities Commission (SC). Financial data is obtained through a census study from the latest annual report and another 705 annual reports were examined. This intensive study, based on the 30% largest

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... reholder report, reveals that 118 companies are considered 'owned' by more than 30 percent of individuals who are Muslim. The total zakah amount during the assessment of eligible companies was then used as the basis for determining 'zakah potential'. As a result, the total