Zakat-ul-Fitr
This means food or money which the father of the family gives on the Day of Eid-ul-Fitr for himself and every member of his family – even a small child, to a believing poor person for example. It is obligatory to give approximately 3.5 kilograms of food or its money equivalent for every person in the family. So if the number of people in a person’s family, including the father, are five, then he pays on the Day of Eid before Zohr & before the prayer of Eid, about 17.5 kilograms of food – wheat, or dates, or rice, or grains for example – or its value in money, to a poor believer. And if he pays money then he must specify the food for which he is paying the equivalent in money.
Issue 107: The fitra of one who is not from Banu Hashim is not lawful for a Hashimi poor person. What is meant by Hashimi is one who is from the family of Hashim, the grandfather of the Prophet (saw), i.e. the children of Ali (as), the children of Aqil, the children of Abbas bin Ali Talib, and others from the grandchildren of Hashim.