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Zakat al-fitr from A to Z: its status and wisdom, who pays it and for whom, the insane and fetus cases, deadlines and transfer, accepted goods, the amount (the sa') and its cash value, and its distribution, in the 4 schools.
Updated on 06 October 2026 at 10:50 PM
Zakat al-fitr in full: status and wisdom, who owes it, special cases, types of goods, the amount and its distribution, in the 4 schools.
Al-Mughni by Ibn Qudama · Hanbali school
Chapter: the zakat of fitr. Ibn al-Mundhir said: all whom I preserve statements of, among the people of knowledge, agreed that the charity of fitr is an obligation. And Ishaq said: it is like the consensus of the people of knowledge. And Ibn Abd al-Barr claimed that some of the later scholars among the companions of Malik and Dawud say: it is an emphasized sunnah. And the rest of the scholars hold it obligatory, according to what Ibn Umar reported: the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) prescribed the zakat of fitr, of Ramadan, upon the people: a sa' of dates or a sa' of barley, upon every free man and slave, male and female, among the Muslims. Agreed upon. And al-Bukhari added: "the young and the old among the Muslims". And he reports from him that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) ordered that the zakat of fitr be paid before going out (to the prayer).