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The Council said that the amount of Zakat al-Fitr is 2.5 kilograms of rice for each person, and
that it is permissible to pay it in kind (of rice) or in cash.

The Council permitted paying the value of food in Zakat al-Fitr in accordance with the objectives
and taking into account the disagreement of scholars on this issue, including those who said
that paying the value is not sufficient at all, but rather it is necessary to pay the food, and the
majority of scholars are based on this; It is said that paying the value is absolutely sufficient, and
this saying was narrated on the authority of some of the Companions, followers, and imams,
stressing that the matter regarding that is broad. “So whoever pays the stipulated amount has
done right, and whoever pays the value has paid what he owes and is sufficient, and it may be
better in our time to pay the value if it is required by the interest of the poor.” And the needy.”

The Council cited the permissibility of paying the allowance with the words of Abu Ishaq Al-
Subaie – one of the imams of the Followers -: “I caught them paying dirhams for the value of
food in Ramadan charity,” and what Wakee’ narrated on the authority of Qurrah bin Khalid Al-
Sadoosi that he said: “The letter of Omar bin Abdulaziz came to us about the zakat of al-Fitr for
half A Saa’ for each person, or its value is half a dirham,” which is the opinion of Abu Hanifa and
a group of scholars.
The Council called on those who wish to pay Zakat al-Fitr through the Zakat Fund and
charitable institutions to expedite the delivery of the zakat to them so that they can deliver it to
those who deserve it before the Eid day, as one of the purposes of the true religion in disbursing
Zakat al-Fitr is to spare the poor from asking on the Eid day.

The Council recommended expediting the delivery of charitable organizations to prevent the
accumulation of zakat in them, and to deliver it to those who deserve it in a timely manner,
calling on God Almighty to accept from everyone their fasting, prayers, zakat, and all other good
deeds, and to preserve our state and our wise leadership, and to perpetuate upon us the
blessing of stability, prosperity, and development. And to spread goodness and prosperity
throughout the world. He is near and answers prayers.

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