What Is Fitrana Amount?
Fitrana is a fixed amount related to food that has to be given according to affordability. The term food refers to the staple of food which is wheat, barley, dates, raisins, millet, etc. the amount is fixed and it is approximately 2.25 kg per head in a family. According to this amount, 2.25 kg of wheat flour costs Rs:170.
For example: if you are a family of five then you have to give 2.5kgs x 5. You can give either a bag of this wheat or rice or you can give the equivalent amount of money. You can send Zakat out of the city but you have to pay the fitrana within your city. The amount of fitrana told by the great scholar Mufti Muneeb ur Rehman is according to the market price of 2.25 kilograms of flour, the amount for ‘fitrana’ is calculated as Rs 170 per head. The faithful who want to pay ‘fitrana’ equal to the price of barley Rs560, dates Rs1800, raisins Rs2800 and Ajawa date Rs8000 per head, respectively.