Sumber: Islam Online
Ammar - Germany
Question
As-Salamu `alaykum dear scholar, I came from Indonesian, but live in Germany to study and work. I have two questions:
1. Is it right, that I can measure my own zakat fitrah, zakat of salary, kaffarah, and fidyah by myself to Indonesia, with the price of the rice that I used to consume in Germany, without following the rate from the mosque or Islamic Center in Germany? Because their rate is too high for me, but I want to pay zakat. I count the nisab and kadar, and I found that I can pay it. And as an addition, the Mosque or Islamic Center in Germany measure the zakat firah with assumption of the ability of consuming food of a person in one day and one night, not from the measurement from 1 sa'.
2. Can I donate money of qurban and `aqiqah to Indonesia? If yes, how much should I pay? Is it the same price in Germany or the price in Indonesia? Jazaka Allahu Khayran.
Answer
Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger. Dear brother Ammar,
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger. Dear brother Ammar,
1. The amount of zakatul Fitr (Fitra) is one Sa' of wheat or rice per person in the family. It is not the food of one person for a day. This is a mistake some Islamic centers in the West make by thinking that the Fitra is the same as the Kaffarah. You are required to give either approximately 2.55 KG of the food or its price (especially if giving the price is better for the poor). This is better be distributed in the area where you live (Germany) if there are poor Muslims there but if the poor Muslims are rare it is ok to send it to Indonesia. My personal suggestion is to send the price in Germany of the amount of the food you are distributing but I am sure if you make the distribution in kind in Indonesia then obviously the issue of price does not arise.
2. The amount of Kaffarah is the food of a person of two meals; here you will have to take the price in Germany not in Indonesia even if you make distribution in Indonesia.
3. Qurbani and `Aqiqah are in kind not in money and you can make it in Indonesia if you think there are more deserving needy there especially distant relatives.
4. Zakah on Maal is on the amount saved of the Salary not on the total. If your savings during the year reach Nisab (# Euro 1000) you are required to give the zakah of 2.5% to the poor and needy, you can send this to Indonesia.
Allah Almighty knows best.
Allah Almighty knows best.
Dr. Monzer Kahf
