The Practice of Cooking Oil’s Arisan (lottery club) within the IKPP Group of Central Aceh community

a study of the Qardh theory

Abstract

The practice of arisan is a means for people to save because there is a return of goods or money worth the amount that has been deposited.  As in the cooking oil arisan conducted by the IKPP community in Central Aceh which can be used for the benefit of receptions or celebrations that will be held by these members, if there are members who do not hold receptions then the arisan can be cashed. This arisan is carried out regularly every month by determining the recipient of the arisan every 2 months. The problem in this research is how is the practice of cooking oil arisan for receptions among the IKPP Aceh Tengah community? This includes how the agreement between each member and the chairman, the arisan pattern, and the responsibilities of members in the cooking oil arisan among the IKPP community. Another problem is how is the perspective of the qardh contract on the practice of cooking oil arisan conducted by the IKPP community in Central Aceh? The method used in this research is qualitative with an empirical sociological approach through primary data obtained from field research and secondary data from library research. The results of this study can be concluded that the practice of cooking oil arisan for receptions among the IKPP Central Aceh community is carried out with an agreement made verbally, then agreed upon by each member and the chairman so that from this it shows that the agreement runs in accordance with the provisions that have been agreed upon together. Furthermore, from the perspective of the qardh contract, this arisan practice has fulfilled the pillars and conditions because each member gets the same arisan object, namely 2 litres of sunco cooking oil. If the member wants to receive money, the money is also worth the price of cooking oil at the time of receiving the arisan.