In Rajshahi this year the minimum fitra has been set at Tk 95 per head. In addition, the maximum fitrah has been set at two thousand 640 taka. This Fitra was determined after a meeting of Ulama of all levels.
The meeting was organized in the office room of the traditional Jamia Islamia Shah Makhdoom (RA) Madrasa of Rajshahi on Tuesday (March 19) afternoon.
According to the sources of the meeting, after reviewing the latest market price of Rajshahi products, the fitra for Rajshahi region is fixed at a minimum of Tk 95 and a maximum of Tk 2,640 per person. The following rate of fitra was fixed in the meeting on the basis of the average price of goods obtained by spot inspection of the market of Rajshahi. Among these, wheat flour is Tk 95 as one tenth of 650 grams at Tk 57 per kg, barley is Tk 231 as three tenths of 300 grams at Tk 70 per kg, dates (medium) are Tk 1,980 as three tenths of 300 grams at Tk 600 per kg, raisins are Tk 540. One thousand 782 taka as 3.300 grams per kg, cheese 800 taka per kg as two thousand 640 taka as 3.300 grams per kg.
In the meeting held, instead of giving the lowest rate of Fitr, it was called upon to collect Sadaqatul Fitr by any of the above products or market price according to their capacity. In addition, the Nesab of Zakat was discussed in Ramadan this year. This year’s Zakat Nesab has been fixed at 63 thousand Taka (52.50 Bhari) at the rate of Tk 1,200 per Bhari of old silver.
Rajshahi District Fitra Determination Committee President and Rajshahi University Professor Dr. Maulana Sheikh Taibur Rahman Nizami presided over the meeting and Maulana Abdul Khalek, Maulana Abdul Ghani, Maulana Imtiaz Ahmad, Maulana Mustafizur Rahman, Mufti Ajmal Hossain, Maulana Minhaj Uddin, Mufti Zakaria Habibi, Maulana Abdus Samad were also present in the meeting.
Sakhawat Hussain/NIB/ASM
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