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Whether We Should Pay Zakāh Al-Fiṭr With Money | Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn The Questioner: In our land, we offer Zakāh al-Fiṭr in the form of money and if we wished to offer what was established in the Sunnah of the Messenger () in terms of wheat or barley or rice, then we might not find someone who will receive it so please advise us regarding this and may Allāh reward you? Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn: “Offering Zakāh al-Fiṭr as money is a mistake that the one who does it will not be rewarded for since the Prophet () said: ‘Whoever performs an action which is not in accordance with our affair, then it will be rejected’ Meaning it is rejected from him. And it has been authentically reported in [Ṣaḥīḥ] al-Bukhārī as well as other than it upon the authority of Ibn ʿUmar that he said: ‘The Messenger of Allāh legislated that Zakāh al-Fiṭr would consist of a ṣāʿ [approximately 2 kilos and 10 grams] of dates, or a ṣāʿ of barley.’ So he legislated a ṣāʿ of dates or a ṣāʿ of barley and legislated here means that the obligation is definitive. However, in the situation described by the questioner wherein the questioner mentioned if we were unable to find someone who will take food; meaning that no one would accept rice, dates, or wheat and they would accept nothing except money, in this case we would estimate the value of a ṣāʿ from the moderately valued foods and offer it.” Translated By: Abul-Layth Qāsim Mutiva
