Asmaddy Haris [Supervisor]Andi Triyawan2024-11-262024-11-262024-10Andi Triyawan. (2024). Model of Waqf Based Business Units Solution for Poverty Alleviation in Indonesia (The Case of Pesantren Gontor Ponorogo, East Java) [Doctoral dissertation, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia]USIM Research Repository.https://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/25200Matric: 4201011 (FEM)Waqf, an Islamic form of giving, has a significant impact on poverty alleviation. Gontor Islamic Boarding School is a prominent Indonesian educational institution that has successfully evolved Waqf education. Gontor prompted Waqf in 1958 to aid not just Islamic education but also the reduction of poverty. This study aims to analyse the poverty alleviation through the Waqf based business unit in Pesantren as implemented by Gontor Pesantren. The successful of poverty alleviation much depends on the unit influences by human resources improvement, Business units waqf and waqf Gontor Pesantren. Gontor manage a lot of waqf fund under 281 business units in around 22 branches of Gontor. This study employs hybrid qualitative and quantitative approaches (focus group discussions (FGD) and interviews (appearance inquiry questions). This study uses the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Structural Equation Model for data analysis. The number of expert respondents used to answer the first research objective was seven, whereas the number of respondents used to answer the second research objective was one hundred fifty. The results of the study indicate that the most promising large-scale business unit at the Gontor Islamic boarding school is a bottled water company with an eigenvector value of 0.36. This is due to the fact that the required capital is not excessively high because main production factor to obtained water at no cost. In addition to being marketed within Islamic boarding schools, the products are also distributed outside of Islamic boarding schools, resulting in a substantial amount of revenue. The most promising small-scale waqf based Business Units is Laundry, with an eigenvector value of 0.39, because every student need laundry services. Furthermore, the capital is not excessive because it serves the surrounding community in terms of laundry. The development of human resources had an effect on the Waqf of the Gontor Islamic boarding school, while the Waqf based Business Units had an effect on increasing human resources and the waqf of the Gontor Islamic boarding school then the waqf of the Gontor Islamic boarding school had an effect on alleviating poverty. In addition, the model of the waqf based Business Units of the Gontor Islamic boarding school seeks to alleviate poverty by offering employment opportunities to the pesantren surrounding community. Simultaneously, Pesantren Gontor helps promote health by providing health facilities at Yasfin Hospital and by giving educational scholarships at the Pesantren Gontor. This study contributes to the creation of a theory of productive waqf based on Islamic boarding schools that can alleviate poverty by supplying implicit evidence. In addition to the implicit policy, this research can bring fresh ideas for the development of Waqf based Business Units within Islamic boarding schools or Pesantren in Indonesia.en-USWaqfIndonesianGontor Islamic boarding schoolPesantrenPoverty AlleviationBusiness UnitsWaqf—Economic aspectstext::thesis::doctoral thesis