Fitra for this year has been fixed at Tk 66 ahead of Eid.
Maulana Mohammad Salah Uddin, khatib of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, told bdnews24.com Islamic Foundation finalised it in a meeting on Thursday
Last year it was fixed at Tk 55.
He said the money can buy 1.65kg of wheat or flour or 3.3kg of raisin, cheese or barley that 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 at a minimum of Tk 66 and upto Tk 1,980.”
Last year, the Fitra was fixed at a minimum of Tk 55 and in 2011 it was fixed at Tk 53.
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.
The Baitul Mukarram National Mosque khatib presided over the meeting of the Islamic Foundation.
Source: Bd news24
