Zakat al-Fitr

An article in English provides our readers with all details about zakat al-fitr, its purpose, time, and quantity along with some aspects.

An article translated into Uzbek excerpted from the book "Summarized Islamic Fiqh" of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al-Tuwajre (may Allah preserve him). It handles the following points about zakat al-fitr (charity after breaking Ramadan fast): Reason of legislation, items, amount, and when it is obligatory and spent.

An article in Arabic excerpted from the book "Summarized Islamic Fiqh" of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al-Tuwajre (may Allah preserve him). It handles the following points about zakat al-fitr (charity after breaking Ramadan fast): Reason of legislation, items, amount, and when it is obligatory and spent.

An article in English handles the following rules about zakat al-fitr: Its meaning, the wisdom of legislation, due time, Islamic proofs, worthy categories, and transferring it from one country to another.

An article translated into Chinese excerpted from the book "Summarized Islamic Fiqh" of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al-Tuwajre (may Allah preserve him). It handles the following points about zakat al-fitr (charity after breaking Ramadan fast): Reason of legislation, items, amount, and when it is obligatory and spent.

An article translated into Thai excerpted from the book "Summarized Islamic Fiqh" of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al-Tuwajre (may Allah preserve him). It handles the following points about zakat al-fitr (charity after breaking Ramadan fast): Reason of legislation, items, amount, and when it is obligatory and spent.

An article translated into Japanese excerpted from the book "Summarized Islamic Fiqh" of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al-Tuwajre (may Allah preserve him). It handles the following points about zakat al-fitr (charity after breaking Ramadan fast): Reason of legislation, items, amount, and when it is obligatory and spent.

An article in Turkish explaining the rulings of Zakat al-Fitr (fast-breaking charity). Fast-breaking charity was ordained to purify the fasting person from idle talk and obscenity. Thus, it completes the reward of fasting and provides the poor and needy with sufficient food to abstain from begging at the day of Eid. Giving fast-breaking charity is an obligation on males and females, the young and the old, the free man and the slave. Whoever posses enough food exceeding his and his family's basic needs has to give it on himself and on behalf of those he is obliged to spend on.

Fast-Breaking Charity: An article that explains what is fast-breaking charity, to whom it should be given, its amount and time.

Rulings of Zakaat Al-Fitr.

Zakaat Al-Fitr is a kind of charity that is obligatory at the time of breaking the fast of Ramadan. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) has made Zakaat Al-Fitr obligatory as a means of purifying the fasting person from idle talk and foul language, and to feed the poor. Whoever pays it before the prayer, it is an accepted Zakaat, and whoever pays it after the prayer, it is just a kind of Charity.

An article about the time it was legislated,the wisdom beyond its legislation,to whom it should be given and more rulings concerning it through evidences from Quran and Sunnah.

Questions And Answers About Al Fater Charity