EMPOWERING POWERLESS BASED ON SUFISM

Rich people like to accumulate wealth without distributing it helpless people. In fact, this is contrary Sufism which teaches how get closer Allah through giving up property ownership. Interestingly, not all rich prefer wealth, in there economic empowerment for orphans and the needy, infaq alms, are carried out by Al-Kautsar Limpung foundation, Batang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. This research interested phenomenon of based on values. Therefore, purpose study determine poor alms at Foundation contribution it. paper deals with qualitative field investigations. argues that context self-purification. Self-purification process donors issuing as a form asceticism, referring three Sufi figures, namely al-Kalābāżī, al-Qusyairī, al-Ghazzālī. knowledge zuhud then becomes subconscious accumulates, transmits transforms agents arena social production continuously break space time.