Abstract: Zakat is the right mustahik, then zakat serves to help, assist and nurture them, especially the poor, towards a better life and a more prosperous, so that they can meet their needs properly, can worship Allah SWT, to avoid the danger of kufr, while eliminating envy, jealousy, and envy which may arise among them, when they see the rich who have enough wealth. Zakat is not actually meets the demands mustahik, especially the poor, consumptive in a moment, but give the sufficiency and prosperity to them, by way of eliminating or minimize the causes of their lives for the poor and suffering. Zakat is one of the instruments in calculating the amount of income that is owned by someone, so if utilization is more optimal in zakat management then this could increase the volume of income of a region or community. The distribution of zakat is also one dimension in assessing the inability of a person. In the town of Jambi zakat management within the last five years very Productive and this is also proved by not significant utilization of zakat, infaq and sodaqoh against poverty in the city of Jambi. There are several things that must be done by the agency management of funds from zakat, infaq and sodaqoh National Zakat Agency Jambi City. First in raising funds ZIS must be optimal, and then make a breakthrough / courage to coercion accordance with the rules of Islam.