Whether Fanoos May Be Paid In Cash

COMPASS/LATE MONDAY carrying sacks of PATRIA GUPTAWarga poor rice at the time of grant of tithes in the Office of Chalidana Group in the highway town of Surabaya, Wiyung, Saturday (11/8/2012). Hari Raya Aidilfitri admits a lot of agencies or individuals who were issued to poor residents. zakat

Question:

Mr. UST, is it true that wajibnya fanoos with rice? If replaced with money, what's his name to zakat Mall?

Yogimul in Jakarta

Answers

Brother of the blessed God, Yogi

Essentially fanoos is a staple. As mentioned in one Hadith, Personalities in the form of an obliging fanoos sho ' sho ' dates or one grain for each independent Muslims and slaves, male and female, child or adult. Ordered to perform zakat personalities this before people leave for perform prayer ID. " (Narrated By Bukhari)

In Indonesia, the size used fanoos is 2.5 kg of rice. Pay with money fanoos allowed by imams like Imam Abu Hanifa, Imam, Muhammad al-Bukhari Thawri, Ibn Taymiyyah and Imam. The word of God Almighty (that), "take a portion of their property of zakat." (QS at-Tawba [9]: 103).

According to the scholars, this paragraph suggests that tithes were originally taken from the treasure (mal), namely that which in the form of gold and silver (including money). So this verse allows pay in the form of fanoos money, its worth the equivalent of 2.5 kg of rice.

According to Yusuf Qardhawi, zakat payment with money will provide convenience for amil, muzakki, and mustahik. Mustahik can easily spend it according to your needs.

Wallahu'alam

DR H Setiawan Budi Utomo

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