Zakat-ul-Fitr

Zakat-ul-Fitr is a small amount that Muslims are obliged to pay as charity at the end of Ramadan. It is unanimously recognized by all schools of Islamic Law as a pious duty of every Muslim man or woman.^[1] The origin of the obligation can be dated to the month of Sha`ban in the second year of Hijrah.<sup>[2]</sup> Ibn `Umar said: “Allah’s Messenger enjoined the payment of one Sa` of dates or one Sa` of barley as Zakat-ul-Fitr on every Muslim slave or free, male or female, young or old, and he ordered that it be paid before the people went out to offer the `Eid prayer.”^[3]

• The purpose of Zakat-ul-Fitr

• Who must pay Zakat-ul-Fitr

• When Zakat-ul-Fitr is due

• Time of payment

• What type of food can be given and permissible substitutes

• The calculation of Zakat-ul-Fitr

• The amount of Sa`

• Its payment in money

• The Distribution of Zakat-ul-Fitr: The eight categories of recipients

• Giving Zakat-ul-Fitr to a dhimmi

• Transfer of Zakat-ul-Fitr

• Al-Qaradawi’s opinion on the transfer of Zakah

• Supporting Muslim institutions in the West and in poor countries with Zakah funds

• Zakah must be collected even if there are no poor and needy

[1] Zayas, Farishta G. de, The Law and Philosophy of Zakat, 1st ed. Al-Jadidah Printing Press, Damascus, Syria, 1960, vol. I, p. 233.

[2] Sabiq, op.cit, vol. III, p. 87.

[3] Bukhârî, op.cit, vol. 2, p. 339.

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