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His Eminence Dr. Nazir Muhammad Ayyad

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FATWA № 1 · 1313 AH1895

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His Eminence Shaykh Hassunah al-Nawawi

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His Eminence Shaykh Hassunah al-Nawawi

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Entry № 128 · Register 20524 Muharram 1448 AH · 9 July 2026 CE

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May zakat al-fitr be paid in money?

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Zakat al-fitr is due from every Muslim who possesses his day's sustenance. The Hanafi school permits paying its monetary value, and this has long been the practice and fatwa of Dar al-Iftaa al-Misriyyah(Reg. 1992 · fatwa 198) as an ease for the people and in the interest of the poor.

Accordingly: it may be paid in money, equal to the value of a ṣāʿ of the country's staple food. And God Most High knows best.

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