Fitrana fixed at Rs 100 per head

ISLAMABAD: The minimum amount of Sadqa –e- Fitr has been fixed at Rs 100 per head this year, said Central Ruet-e- Hilal Committee Chairman Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman.

Talking to APP, he said according to the market price of 2.25 kilograms of flour, the amount for Fitrana is calculated as Rs 100 per head.

The faithful who want to pay Fitrana equal to the price of barley, dates, raisins and cheese should pay Rs 400, Rs 1,600, Rs 1,920 and 2,940 per head, respectively.

A Muslim, who possesses food in excess of his needs, must pay Sadqa-e-Fitr before the Eid prayers. If the person is a breadwinner, he should also pay Sadqa-e-Fitr for his dependants, such as wife, children, dependant relatives or servants.

Mufti Muneeb also advised the people to pay the amount to the poor before Eid-ul-Fitr so that they could also celebrate the festival. The most deserving people for Sadqa-e-Fitr are close relatives followed by neighbours and the poor.

Mufti Munibur Rehman said real spirit of Fitr and Fidya is two-time meal of a destitute person, so it is better to pay the meal cost of a hotel.

However, those who are wealthier, they should try to pay more to extend assistance to the poor in this time of skyrocketing inflation.

If any one had been unable to keep fast for the whole month of Ramadan, he or she should pay Fidya as compensation worth Rs 3,000 in proportionate to flour price, Rs 12,000 for barley, Rs 48,000 for date, Rs 57,600 for raisin and Rs 88,200 for cheese. Kufara (compensation) for leaving 30 fasts in wheat would be Rs 6,000, barley Rs 24,000, dates Rs 96,000 , raisin Rs 1,15,200 and cheese Rs 1,76,400. Kufara in wheat would be Rs1,000, barley Rs 4,000, dates Rs16,000, raisin Rs 19,200 and cheese Rs 29,400.