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PREPARE TO GIVE YOUR ZAKAATUL FITIR.

 THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaumul Jumuat. 23rd day of Ramadhan, 1444AH (Friday, 14th April 2023). PREPARE TO GIVE YOUR ZAKAATUL FITIR. BismilLah. 


Zakaat al-Fitr is often referred to as Sadaqah al-Fitr. The word Fitr means the same as Iftar, breaking a fast, and it comes from the same root word as Futur, which means breakfast. Thus, Islamically, Zakaat al-Fitr is the name given to charity, which is distributed at the end of the fast of Ramadan. This is not the yearly Zakaat payment. 


Sadaqah al-Fitr is a duty that is Wajib on every Muslim, whether male or female, minor or adult, as long as he/she has the means to do so. The proof that this form of charity is compulsory can be found in the Sunnah whereby Ibn `Umar reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) made Zakah al-Fitr compulsory on every slave, freeman, male, female, young and old among the Muslims; one Saa of dried dates or one Saa of barley. Collected by Bukhari - Arabic/English, vol. 2, p. 339, no. 579. The head of the household may pay the required amount for the other members. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri said, "On behalf of our young and old, free men and slaves, we used to take out during Allah's Messenger's (peace be upon him) lifetime one Saa of grain, cheese or raisins". Collected by Muslim - English transl. vol. 2, p. 469, no. 2155.


Based on the above, please check your community and give food, which the people consume, such as rice, corn or maize, wheat, etc, and give based on the local measurement. If you don't know how, please ask your local imam or learned brothers or sisters. If you are giving example rice, please  add at least one litre of oil and some money to serve as complete food to help the poor more. This must be done from now till before eid, not after eid. You can send me money, and I will ensure the food reaches the poor as I'm currently doing with our Ramadhan Sadaqah. Please send to my Ghana MTN 0244220273 Yakubu Adam. 


May Allah keep guiding us all and aid us to be able to help the poor. Aameen.

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