Staff Reporter:
This year the minimum and maximum Fitra rate have been fixed at Taka 110 and Taka 2,805 respective-ly for each person.
The decision was taken at the National Sadakatul Fitra Fixation Committee meeting held in the confer-ence room of the Islamic Foundation in Baitul Mukarram National Mosque yesterday morning.
Fitra, a donation is paid by the well-off Muslims to poor prior to offering Eid-Ul-Fitr prayers.
Last year, the minimum amount of Fitra was fixed at Tk 115 and a maximum at Tk 2,970 per person.
President of National Fitra Fixing Committee and Khatib of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque Maulana Mufti Abdul Maleque presided over the meeting, said an Islamic Foundation press release.
As per the Islamic law, the Fitra can be paid with any other food items like flour, barley, raisins, dates and cheese. “The Fitra has been fixed as per the current market price of flour, barley, dates, raisin and cheese collected from all the divisions.”
The Muslims can pay the Fitra according to his financial capacity with any particular item or the current market price of these food items.
Members of Islamic Foundation Board of Governors Maulana Syed Mohammad Mosaddeque Billah Al Madani, Dr Khalilur Rahman Madani, Maulana Shah Mohammad Nesarul Huq, Islami Arabic University Dean Prof. Dr Waliullah, Islamic Foundation Secretary Mohammad Ismail Hossen, Islamic Foundation director Mohammad Touhidul Anawar and other Islamic scholars, among others, attended the meeting.
