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3/10/25, 1:56 PM UAE sets Dhs25 as Zakat Al Fitr for 2025

UAE sets Dhs25 as Zakat Al Fitr for

2025

19 hours ago

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Abdulrahman Saeed, Staff Reporter

UAE Fatwa Council has determined the amounts for Zakat Al Fitr and various expiations (kaffarah)
for the year 2025.

The Council has set the amount for Zakat Al Fitr at 2.5 kilogrammes of rice per person, with a value
of Dhs25, which one individual or more can benefit from.

The Council also specified the amounts for different expiations as follows: the Kaffarah for breaking a
fast during Ramadan is 3.25 kilogrammes of wheat per poor person, with a value of Dhs15, totaling
Dhs900, from which 60 poor individuals can benefit.

Fidyah (compensation) for those unable to fast is 3.25 kilogrammes of wheat per day, with a value of
Dhs15, from which one poor person can benefit.

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