This is the value of Zakat al-Fitr for this year – New Algeria

I specified Ministry of Religious Affairs The Endowments and Endowments set the value of Zakat al-Fitr for this year at 150 DZD. The Ministry, in a statement today, Sunday, after consulting the National Fatwa Committee, called for the initiative to pay Zakat al-Fitr for this year, which was estimated at 150 Algerian dinars, which is the average value of a saa of 2 kg of most of our country’s food.

According to the same statement, the Ministry of Religious Affairs instructed imams, in cooperation with the zakat committees for the mosques of the Republic, to begin collecting them starting in the middle of the month of Ramadan, provided that they are not distributed to those who deserve them except a day or two before the blessed Eid al-Fitr.

The Ministry stated that Zakat Mushrooms It is obligatory for every Muslim man, male or female, young or old, rich or poor, male or female. The taxpayer pays it for himself and for everyone who is required to support him, if he has more than his daily food.

As stated in a statement Ministry He believed that it was permissible to pay Zakat al-Fitr in cash. Omar ibn al-Khattab and Muadh ibn Jabal, may God be pleased with them, were among the Companions, and Omar ibn Abdul Aziz and Tawus were among the Successors. This is the opinion of Ashhab and Ibn al-Qasim, and the choice of al-Lakhmi from the Malikis, the doctrine of Abu Hanifa, Sufyan al-Thawri and al-Bukhari, and the opinion of Ibn Taymiyyah. This is what Algerian scholars issued a fatwa for, as these and others believe that paying it in cash is more beneficial and appropriate for the poor, because it was prescribed to save them from having to ask on the day of Eid, which can only be achieved by paying the value.