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Zakāt al-fiṭra or zakāt al-fiṭr is an obligatory act in jurisprudence which means to give charity to the needy, by certain amount and method of calculation, on the day of Eid al-Fitr. The obligatory amount of zakat al-fitra upon each person –based on the usual main food- is one sa' (around 3 Kg.) of either of wheat, barley, date, or raisin; or its equal in cash.
Giving zakat al-fitra is obligatory upon the head of households who are not poor themselves. The time for it, is before the Eid Prayer or zuhr prayer in Eid al-Fitr. The distribution categories of zakat al-fitra are the same as those of zakat. According to the narrations, paying zakat al-fitra completes fasting, secures its acceptance, saves the person from death in the following year, and complements zakat....
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