Giving out pasta as zakat al-fitr
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In Europe, their food is pasta. Is it permissible to give it out as zakat al-fitr?
Answer:
Zakat al-fitr is given in every country from the food of its people, a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of food. So in every country, the fitrah is given from the food of its people, which is what they eat.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In Europe, their food is pasta. Is it permissible to give it out as zakat al-fitr?
Answer:
Zakat al-fitr is given in every country from the food of its people, a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of food. So in every country, the fitrah is given from the food of its people, which is what they eat.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب الرابع في أن حياة القلب وإشراقه مادة كل خير فيه — islamhouse.com (1:03:27)
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