Minimum Fitra fixed at Tk 70 per person
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The minimum Fitra for this year has been fixed at Tk 70 per person while the maximum at Tk 2,310.
The decision was taken at a virtual meeting of the National Fitra Fixing Committee yesterday. Committee Chairman Hafez Maulana Mizanur Rahman, also the senior pesh imam of Baitul Mukarram national mosque, presided over the meeting.
Fitra, a compulsory charity, is paid to the needy before the jamaat (congregation) of Eid-ul-Fitr.
This year, Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the two major festivals celebrated by Muslims, is scheduled to be celebrated on May 13, subject to sighting of the moon.
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Islamic Foundation fixes Fitra from Tk 70 to 2,130 Tk this year
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DHAKA, Apr 21, 2021 (BSS) – The minimum Fitra has been fixed this year at Taka 70 per person while the maximum is Taka 2,130.
The National Fitra Fixing Committee of the Islamic Foundation fixed the amounts at a virtual meeting held here today, said a release.
The meeting was presided over by Imam Hafez Maulana Muhammad Mizanur Rahman, President of the National Fitra Fixing Committee and Senior Peshwa of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque. It was attended by members of the Fitra Fixing Committee and eminent scholars.
The meeting unanimously decided that according to Islamic Shariah, Muslims can distribute a certain amount of wheat, flour, dates, raisins, cheese and barley to the poor as per fitra or its market value as fitra.
The minimum Fitra for this year has been set at Tk 70 per person while the maximum at Tk 2,310. The decision was taken at a virtual meeting of the National Fitra Fixing Committee held today with its chairman and Baitul Mukarram National Mosque's senior Pesh Imam Hafez Maulana Mizanur Rahman.