Urges People to Pay Before Eid-ul-Fitr
Jammu and Kashmir Grand Mufti, Nasir-ul lslam on Wednesday announced that Sadaqat-ul- Fitr, also known as Zakat-ul-Fitr amount has been fixed at Rs 62 per person and urged muslims to pay it before prayers of Eid-ul-Fitr.
Grand Mufti while talking that Sadaqat-ul-Fitr is a duty required of every Muslim and becomes obligatory to pay it before the beginning of Eid prayer and could be given from beginning of the holy month of Ramadan.
Mufti Nasir-ul Islam said that it is Wajib (mandatory) upon such a person who owns assets, with equal to the value of the Nisab.
He said the main purpose of Zakat al-Fitr is to provide the poor with a means with which they can celebrate the festival Eid-Ul-Fitr along with the rest of the Muslims.
Quoting Hadith, he said, “every Muslim is required to pay Zakat-ul-Fitr at the conclusion of the month of Ramadan as a token of thankfulness to Allah for having enabled him or her to observe the obligatory fast. Its purpose is: as a levy on the fasting person. The fasting of the month of fasting will be hanging between earth and heavens and it will not be raised up to the Divine Presence without paying the Zakat al-Fitr.”
He said that it can be given to the poor and needy but not for the construction purposes of Masjids and any other structures.
“There is no harm for any person who is wealthier and wants to pay more than Rs 62 per person as fixed for this year,” he said.
