Zakat Fitrah

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Zakat fitrah is one of the practices that benefit the giver and receiver. The person who performs the zakat fitrah will complete his fast, while the recipient will get sustenance in the form of staple food.

Here are eight groups who are entitled to receive Zakat fitrah:

1. Fakir namely: people who have almost nothing and are unable to meet the basic needs of his life.

2. Poor: people who have property but not enough to meet basic needs for life.

3. `Amil namely: the person who collects the zakat then distributes the zakat to the people who are entitled to receive it (zakat board).

4. Muallaf namely: people who are new to Islam and need help to adjust to new circumstances.

5. Servant Sahaya ie: slave who wants to liberate himself. To be able to free himself must redeem with property / money to his master. therefore, the slave needs to get help. Then he is entitled to receive Zakat

6. Gharimin namely: people who are indebted for the need of halal and no longer able to pay for it like debt for the interest of religion, family and so forth. While the person is indebted for evil and immoral purposes, then the person is not entitled to receive zakat.

7. Fisabilillah namely: people who strive and fight in the path of Allah, for example da'wah or war against religion.

8. Ibn sabil namely: people who run out of expenses or supplies in the journey (traveler), the traveler in a state of travel for good and not for the sake of immorality. such as: people who go to sue for imu, or to search for missing families and so on