The meaning of zakat is one of the fifth pillars of Islam. among the wisdom and purpose of ALLAH SWT in stipulating zakat is to distribute a small part of the wealth from the rich to the poor. in addition, creating a state of gratitude for the blessings bestowed by among those who are. in addition, it also provides an opportunity for the wealthy to worship in the form of withdrawing zakat from their property. next to create unity among the muslim community in economic and financial matters. as we know, the transparency of Islamic finance to zakat institutions is very guaranteed because Islamic finance is based on Islamic sharia. this study is about the intention to pay zakat for the context of Islamic finance among students of University Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) to zakat institutions. it will focus on students at the Pengkalan Chepa campus. the study will be focused on students in the faculty of entrepreneurship and business where it is in line with the objectives of this research. this study used several statistical techniques to analyse the data, and the data were collected by distributing questionnaires to 300 students at University Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) Kota Campus.