Topic: Zakat ul-Fitr

[Ummkulthum]

Definition of Zakatul Fitr

Zakaat al-Fitr is a kind of charity (sadaqah) that is obligatory at the time of breaking the fast of Ramadaan. The word zakaat is connected by idaafah (genitive structure in Arabic grammar) to fitr because the occasion of breaking the fast is the reason why this zakaat becomes obligatory

[Sami Yusuf Islam]

mashaaAllah. thank you very much sister ummu. may God bless your heart.

[Protoculture]

It actually depends. In many Islamic countries, each has its own BaitulMal that elects special representatives (known as 'amil) to collect Zakatul-fitr from Ramadhan onwards.

However, in non-Muslim nations, such donation can be made through your local mosque or any Islamic charity foundations.

[Sami Yusuf Islam]

It actually depends. In many Islamic countries, each has its own BaitulMal that elects special representatives (known as 'amil) to collect Zakatul-fitr from Ramadhan onwards.

However, in non-Muslim nations, such donation can be made through your local mosque or any Islamic charity foundations.

even those, are not everywhere.

[farrah]

ASA, Why fitrana has to be cash?
I read somehwere that it is like zakat for our body.