Fiqh-e-Jafriya fixes ‘Fitrana’ at Rs300 per person

Islamabad: This year’s minimum amount of ‘Zakat-al-Fitr’ or ‘Fitrana’ for Faqh-i-Jafria, has been fixed at Rs300 per person, said Allama Syed Matloob Hussain Taqi.

Allama Taqi - the prayer leader of Markazi Jamia Masjid Darbar Alia Sakhi Shah Payara Kazmi, Al Mashadi, Rawalpindi said giving ‘zakat al-fitra’ is obligatory upon the head of households, who are not poor themselves, before the Eid prayer. The obligatory amount of ‘zakat al-fitra’ upon each person based on the usual main food- is around 3 kg of either wheat, barley, date, or raisin; or its equal in cash.