Sadaqa al-fitr must be paid by every free Muslim whose wealth meets one’s basic needs and has extra wealth equal to 600 grams of silver. A Muslim must pay it for himself, his wife, children, and servants at the end of Ramadan to purify those who fast, to protect them from indece
Continue Reading →Factors of economic revitalization, in Islam, are not reserved just to zakat. In fact, the sadaqa al-fitr (charity of fast breaking), sacrifice, aqiqa (sacrifice offered in celebration and gratitude of a newborn child), walima (the wedding feast), eid (religious fes
Continue Reading →Literally, fitr means breaking the fast or creation. The sadaqa al-fitr, however, is a financial obligation for Muslims who at the time of the Festivity of Ramadan, possess more than the prescribed amount of provisions for themselves and their dependents after giving the sadaqa al-fit
Continue Reading →Here are the conditions for obligation: BEING A MUSLIM To be under the obligation of sadaqa al-fitr, one needs to be a Muslim. According to the Shafii School, however, a non-Muslim also needs to pay sadaqa al-fitr for those Muslims of kindred living under his care. POSSE
Continue Reading →Sadaqa al-fitr can be given as soon as Ramadan commences. Scholars, in addition, have recommended its payment at least a couple of days prior to Eid, in accordance with its aim of assisting the poor in acquiring their needs. Delaying its payment until after the first day of Eid is ina
Continue Reading →As mentioned before in the hadiths, sadaqa al-fitr had been given during the time of the Noble Prophet from the most common foodstuffs like dates, barley and raisins, in the amount of 1 sa’a (a measurement equivalent to 3.350 kg). In addition, it has been narrated that the companions
Continue Reading →Sadaqa al-fitr is an act of worship, and thus it necessitates the pronouncement of the intention to be uttered upon payment or beforehand, during the allocation of the amount. Through intention, the heart intends that the sadaqa al-fitr is for the sake of God, and though the essence o
Continue Reading →The locations for disbursing both sadaqa al-fitr and zakat are the same. Therefore, those ineligible for zakat are also ineligible to receive sadaqa al-fitr. Those who are not entitled to accept sadaqa al-fitr are as follows: people deemed rich by Islam, in other words, those in poss
Continue Reading →ZAKAT LIBERATES FROM SLAVERY TO SUSTENANCE An addition to rescuing society from falling victim to poverty, zakat eliminates socially detrimental crimes like theft and robbery, as the common factor usually underlying these crimes is poverty in one way or another. Once the lack of fai
Continue Reading →Zakat unfetters from the shackles of excessive love for material things. Islam, in fact, insists that a person be free from all sinister fetters and turn his heart purely in the direction of God, so to speak. For man, becoming a slave for something that he is the master of is an awful
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