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Resolution No.(239): "The Amount of Zakat-ul-Fitr for the Year 1438 is (1800) Fils and the Ransom for Breaking Fast is one JD per Day"

Date Added : 05-06-2017

Resolution No.(239)(7/2017) by the Board of Iftaa`, Research and Islamic Studies:

"The Amount of Zakat-ul-Fitr for the Year 1438 is (1800) Fils and the Ransom for Breaking Fast is one JD per Day."

Date: 6/Ramadan/1438 AH, corresponding to 1/6/2017 AD.

 

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of The Worlds; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Mohammad and upon all his family and companions.

On the above date, the Board reviewed the amount of Zakat-ul-Fitr and the ransom for breaking fast for the year 1438 AH, and after deliberations it decided the following:

Zakat-ul-Fitr is incumbent on every Muslim, as indicated by the following Hadith: "Allah's Messenger  (PBUH) made it incumbent on all the slave or free Muslims, male or female, to pay one Sa' of dates or barley as Zakat-ul-Fitr." {Bukhari}.

In fact, it reflects social solidarity that characterizes our tolerant Sharia; particularly, in the blessed month of  Ramadan, the month of  goodness and kindness. Therefore, it is an obligation on every Muslim who owns extra provisions beyond his need as well as the need of everyone in his family on the day and night of  Ed-ul-Fitr. In other words, one father should pay for himself and for whom he supports, even for his baby who is born before the sunset of the last day of Ramadan as well as his poor parents whom he supports.

Therefore, the amount of Zakat-ul-Fitr is one Sa` of food; the Sa` equals (2.5 Kgs.), given by a Muslim from what the people of his country eat the most. In the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the common food is wheat; therefore, Zakat-ul-Fitr is (2.5 Kgs.) of wheat on every Muslim person. It is also permissible to give one Sa` of rice since it is more useful to the poor and easier to provide by the giver. Moreover, it is permissible to give the value of this amount in currency.

The Board estimates the value of the Sa` from the common food in Jordan as (1800 F.), and whoever wishes to pay more  shall have a greater reward from Allah, The Almighty.

The preferred time for giving Zakat-ul-Fitr is between the sunset of the last day of Ramadan and the E`ed prayer. It is also permissible to give it from the beginning of Ramadan.

 

Nowadays, it is the duty of every Muslim to observe this ritual (Zakat-ul-Fitr) as it purifies the giver`s soul. Therefore, it must be given on behalf of the child, who isn`t obliged to fast, as well as the sick who is unable to fast. Ibn ’Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) narrated: "The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) enjoined Zakat-ul-fitr on the one who fasts (i.e. fasted during the month of Ramadan) to purify him from any indecent act or speech and for the purpose of providing food for the needy “ {Abu Dawood}. Giving it to the poor makes them self-sufficient on the day of E`ed; therefore , a Muslim should give it willingly and kindly.

The Board estimates the ransom for breaking fast (Saum Fidyah), by those unable to fast due to old age or sickness (people exempted from fasting), as one JD against each day, and whoever wishes to give more  shall have a greater reward From Allah, The Almighty.

We pray that Allah, The Almighty, accepts our acts of devotion and erases our sins. And Allah Knows Best.

The Iftaa` Board (2017)

Chairman: Dr. Mohammad Al-Khalayleh, Grand Mufti of Jordan

Vice Chairman: Sheikh Abdulkareem Khasawneh 

 Dr. Ahmad Al-Hasanat/Member

Prof. Abdulnaser Abulbasal/ Member

Prof. Abdullah Al-Fawaaz/Member 

Dr. Moh. Khair Al-Esa/ Member

Dr. Wa`eil Arabiat/Member

Dr. Majid Drawsheh/Member

Sheikh Sa`eid Hijawi/Member           

Judge Khalid Woraikat/Member

Dr. Mohammad al-Zou`bi/Member   

 

 

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