Fitra for this year has been fixed at Tk 55 per person considering the market price of wheat or flour.
The Islamic Foundation took the decision at a meeting Thursday, Public Relations Officer Billal Bin Kashem told bdnews24.com.
He said that money equivalent to the market price of 1.65kg of wheat or flour, raisin, cheese or barley could be distributed among the poor people as Sadkatul Fitr or Fitra before the Eid-ul-Fitr congregation.
"Considering the market prices of these commodities, this year the Fitra per person has been fixed between Tk 55 and Tk 1,500."
Last year, the Fitra was fixed at Tk 53 and in 2010 it was fixed at Tk 45.
According to Islamic rituals it is Wazib for all the solvent Muslims to give Fitra. Father has to pay the Fitra for adolescent children. And the Fitra has to be distributed before the Eid-ul-Fitr congregation.
Baitul Mukarram National Mosque khatib Maolana Mohammad Salah Uddin presided over the meeting also attended by Islamic Foundation Director Sirajul Haque.
The Islamic Foundation took the decision at a meeting Thursday, Public Relations Officer Billal Bin Kashem told bdnews24.com.
He said that money equivalent to the market price of 1.65kg of wheat or flour, raisin, cheese or barley could be distributed among the poor people as Sadkatul Fitr or Fitra before the Eid-ul-Fitr congregation.
"Considering the market prices of these commodities, this year the Fitra per person has been fixed between Tk 55 and Tk 1,500."
Last year, the Fitra was fixed at Tk 53 and in 2010 it was fixed at Tk 45.
According to Islamic rituals it is Wazib for all the solvent Muslims to give Fitra. Father has to pay the Fitra for adolescent children. And the Fitra has to be distributed before the Eid-ul-Fitr congregation.
Baitul Mukarram National Mosque khatib Maolana Mohammad Salah Uddin presided over the meeting also attended by Islamic Foundation Director Sirajul Haque.
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