Ruling on giving zakat al-fitr in the form of meat
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it permissible to give zakat al-fitr in the form of meat, such as sheep or chicken meat?
Answer:
No. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not make it obligatory in meat; he made it obligatory in a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg). That is, a sa' of meat? No, that did not happen. It is a sa' of what is measured by volume. Yes. However, if a country's staple food is meat, and it has no other food or provisions except meat, which is rare, they give from what they eat and feed. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it permissible to give zakat al-fitr in the form of meat, such as sheep or chicken meat?
Answer:
No. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not make it obligatory in meat; he made it obligatory in a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg). That is, a sa' of meat? No, that did not happen. It is a sa' of what is measured by volume. Yes. However, if a country's staple food is meat, and it has no other food or provisions except meat, which is rare, they give from what they eat and feed. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [724\ 3436] حكم إخراج زكاة الفطر لحما|الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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