Question
Is it permissible to use Fidyah money to buy savouries, dates, etc. for people making Iftaar in the Musjid? The Fidyah is the Fidyah for not being able to fast.
Answer
The Fidyah money may not be spent on foodstuff/savouries for people making Iftaar at the Musjid. Even people who are not poor and destitute consume the foodstuff left in the Musjid for Iftaar. The Fidyah will thus not be discharged. Fidyah has to be compulsorily given to only poor Muslims. Furthermore, much waste of food and waste of time occur at the Musjids when they feast for Iftaar. Iftaar is not a time for feasting.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 22 No 09
- PDF page
- 3
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