1810 | The Customer Protection of Baitul Maal Wa Tamwil (BMT) on Economic Law Perspective
C. Products and Services at Baitul Maal
Wa Tamwil
Baitul Maal wat Tamwil (BMT) is
expected to become an institution that
supports economic activities for the
lower class, with a sharia-based BMT
economic system; of course, BMT is
much different from conventional
institutions prioritize the interest
system (usury), which has clear laws.
Haram in Islamic economics can
contain usury, namely, profits that arise
without any risk in acting, business
results appear without any costs and
only with time. The interest system is
also very detrimental to the community
because the interest payments made
remain as promised without
considering whether the project carried
out by the customer is profitable or not
(Sudjana & Rizkison, 2020).
As a sharia financial institution that
operates in the micro sector, BMT
It has a significant function and role
in improving the people's economy.
The principles of BMT can work well if
these functions are carried out with
good governance and procedures.
Muhammad Ridwan explained that
BMT must carry out five functions:
Identity, mobilize, organize, encourage,
and develop the potential and
economic potential of members,
groups of mu'amalat members, and
their working areas. Second; Improving
the quality of member human
resources and focusing on becoming
more professional and Islamic so that
they are more complete and resilient in
the face of global competition. Third; To
mobilize and mobilize the potential of
the community in order to improve the
welfare of members. Fourth; Become a
financial intermediary between people
who have excess assets as shahibul
maal and people who lack property as
mudharib, especially for social funds
such as zakat, infaq, alms, endowments,
grants, and others. Fifth; Become a
financial intermediary (financial
intermediary) between owners of
capital (shahibul maal), both as
investors and depositors and users of
funds (mudharib) for productive
business development (Mursiad, 2018).
The process of financing or
providing credit at BMT is carried out
with several sharia principles; even if
this financial institution is small and
micro, the application of sharia must be
carried out. There are several principles
in Islamic financing: Four general
prohibitions to consider when
structuring Islamic financing on: (i)
Interest in the form of money, for the
use of money (riba), interpreted as Any
pre-determined prohibition or
calculated as guaranteed other than
concerning actual profits. Generated,
(ii) gambling, speculation, and other
activities the outcome of which is
uncertain, this would include
transactions in futures and options, (iii)
using or dealing with certain prohibited
commodities, for example, alcohol, and
(iv) uncertainty in contracts (gharar)
(Muljadi, 2014).
There are several products that BMT
offers to its customers, including:
1. The first product is a fund-raising
product, namely in wadiah savings
and mudhorobah deposits. Wadiah