Is ghee considered one of the items from which zakat al-fitr is paid?
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The questioner : My Shaykh, this is zakat al-fitr.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : My Shaykh, do you accept ghee?
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : You do not go beyond that.
The Shaykh : I do not accept local ghee because it is expensive.
The questioner : No, Shaykh, ordinary ghee is not the local kind; this is it.
The Shaykh : Ordinary ghee, yes.
The questioner : Yes, and I also heard about milk.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : My Shaykh, by the grace of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), we received funds that we could dispose of as we wished. So I said, we want to follow the Sunnah, meaning we want to provide complete food for the families. After buying the rice, sugar, and freekeh that I mentioned to you, my Shaykh, these are the items included in zakat al-fitr, and the ghee, which are the items within zakat al-fitr, we had a considerable amount left. So we bought sweets, we bought eggs, we bought pasta, all of these. Then, glory be to Allah, my Shaykh, it occurred to me to buy bread. I said, bread is especially scarce these days, on the night of the festival. So I urged one of our brothers, saying, "Bring whatever you see is suitable." He said, "I said to him, no, I do not want you to decide." He said, "Consider it twenty dinars at my expense for bread, and distribute it." So we said, "Okay." Thus, the bread, oil, eggs, and flour also became part of it. One person wanted to give us sacks of flour as well, and praise be to Allah, this becomes a complete provision.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : Indeed, by the grace of Allah, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah grant you success.
The questioner : We ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for that.
The Shaykh : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : My Shaykh, do you accept ghee?
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : You do not go beyond that.
The Shaykh : I do not accept local ghee because it is expensive.
The questioner : No, Shaykh, ordinary ghee is not the local kind; this is it.
The Shaykh : Ordinary ghee, yes.
The questioner : Yes, and I also heard about milk.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : My Shaykh, by the grace of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), we received funds that we could dispose of as we wished. So I said, we want to follow the Sunnah, meaning we want to provide complete food for the families. After buying the rice, sugar, and freekeh that I mentioned to you, my Shaykh, these are the items included in zakat al-fitr, and the ghee, which are the items within zakat al-fitr, we had a considerable amount left. So we bought sweets, we bought eggs, we bought pasta, all of these. Then, glory be to Allah, my Shaykh, it occurred to me to buy bread. I said, bread is especially scarce these days, on the night of the festival. So I urged one of our brothers, saying, "Bring whatever you see is suitable." He said, "I said to him, no, I do not want you to decide." He said, "Consider it twenty dinars at my expense for bread, and distribute it." So we said, "Okay." Thus, the bread, oil, eggs, and flour also became part of it. One person wanted to give us sacks of flour as well, and praise be to Allah, this becomes a complete provision.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : Indeed, by the grace of Allah, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah grant you success.
The questioner : We ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for that.
The Shaykh : ... .
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