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The Emirates Council for Sharia Fatwa issued, after a field study it conducted regarding determining the amounts and values of Zakat Al Fitr, expiation, fasting ransom, and Iftar for the fasting person for the year 2024, in coordination with charitable bodies and societies at the level of the UAE.

A general fatwa in which the Council clarified that Zakat Al Fitr is obligatory for young and old, male and female Muslims, and it is valued at 2.5 kilogrammes of rice for each person, and it is permissible to pay it in cash at an amount of Dhs25 per person in the UAE.

The Council clarified that Zakat Al Fitr must be paid after dawn on the day of Eid, and it is also permissible to pay it at the beginning of the month, just as it is permissible to pay it before sunset throughout the day of Fitr, adding that it is not permissible to be negligent in delaying it.

For those who cannot fast, the Council said that they must feed a poor person with an amount of 3.250 kilogrammes of wheat for each day, and it is permissible to pay it in cash at an amount of Dhs15 for each day.

It also pointed out that whoever breaks the fast intentionally without an excuse during Ramadan must feed 60 poor people (3.250 kilogrammes of wheat for each person), or the value of that in cash Dhs15, for each poor person, to be totally Dhs900 for all, in case of breaking one day’s fast.