Zakat Fitrah Money Or Rice, This Is What Is Recommended

YOGYAKARTA Zakat fitrah is one of the pillars of Islam that is fulfilled during the month of Ramadan. This zakat must be carried out by people who meet the criteria as muzakki. In Indonesia, zakat fitrah can be paid with rice or money. Although both are allowed, which one is the best, is zakat rice or money?

Reporting from NU Online, the zakat fitrah guide is done by providing staple food to people who are entitled to the criteria. Zakat fitrah given is in the form of 1 shoe staple food. In Indonesia, 1 sho is equated with 2.5 kg of rice.

However, in today's era, people who plan to pay zakat are no longer pegged with rice. Muzakki (the person who pays zakat fitrah) can pay zakat fitrah with money. The amount of money is adjusted to the price of rice that must be paid.

In a study entitled Zakat Fitrah with Money According to Imam Hanafi and Imam Maliki and published in the Muqaranah Journal, it was explained that the views of zakat with values according to scholars, one of which was Imam Hanafi's view of zakat fitrah using money.

According to Imam Hanafi, paying zakat fitrah can use money because money can complete the body of the zakat recipient and use it for more targeted things. However, there is a different view from other scholars.

Imam Maliki is of the view that zakat fitrah can only be paid in the form of basic materials. Meanwhile, zakat fitrah using money is considered invalid. This refers to the Hadith of the Prophet Muhammad, which means as follows.

Rasulullah SAW requires zakat fitrah one sha' kurma or gandum to slaves, independent people, boys, women, small children, and adults from Muslims, (HR. Bukhari and Muslim).

Although ulama have different views regarding the virtue of zakat fitrah in the form of rice or money, in Indonesia zakat fitrah can be done by giving money. This is as decided by the Bahstul Masail Institute, the Nahdlatul Ulama Executive Board (PBNU) who said that zakat fitrah in the form of money is permissible, reported by NU Online.

Although allowed, reported from the same source, paying zakat with rice is highly recommended by most scholars. The recommendation refers to the consideration that on 1 Syawal before the Eid prayer, it is usually not difficult to obtain food or food availability because the traders choose to close.

If zakat fitrah is in the form of money, the zakat recipient can only spend money after the traders open. On the other hand, it is highly arranged for eating and drinking before undergoing Eid prayers.

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