Can u please give any suggestion for that.

“Ibn Taymiyah, one of the renowned scholars of the early ninth century of Hijrah, argued that the payment of zakat-ul-fitr in cash in metropolitan areas such as Damascus where he lived, is actually better for the poor.”

This quote is from ‘Can Zakat-ul-Fitr Be Paid in Cash? ‘ from islamonline.net

Wa ‘alaikumus-salaam,

At my old Islamic centre and my current Masjid, the cost for a certain amount of a stable food (e.g. the equivalent to a saa’ of barley) is determined, and that’s the amount announced as being the year’s zakaatul fitr. The amount often varies depending on what food item(s) are being purchased, and where the money is going.

So how do masjids and other local organizations decide how much money would be appropriate for each head to give in the family?
($8, $10, $12?)

Jazakallah kher.

assalam alaikum,

There are a lot of needy Muslims here in the US. I know one family with 9 kids living all in a small apt (1 or 2 rooms).

Yes, they are not starving, alhamduillah. But, are considered low income families.

Zakatul Fitr is not just for one day, it’s for Eid and onward.

I’m interested to know how does other communities distribute the food, like Dar-us-salam menioned above.

If Zakat Al Firt is intended to make sure muslims have food on Eid, what should we do when even the homeless people in America are obese?

Should we send money to other places to acheive this purpose? (kind of like when people in an area don’t need zakat to send it to another area?)

Also, I am sure we have all made decisions in our life based on the information available and what we feel is the best answer. And sometimes later in our lives, we change those decisions in the presence of a new understanding or new information. It is no different then in the case of Abu Ammaar Yasir or any other scholar or student of knowledge.