Membayar Fidyah Puasa.

Another information that I recently found out about when I went to the Ministry of Religious Affairs is the Fidyah Calculation for Puasa. I got this calculation table for those who wants to pay their Fidyah.

Earlier this year a friend and I was discussing about Qadha Puasa and bayar fidyah in relation to orang sakit or women who are pregnant and didn't do puasa or just basically did not Qadha Puasa. I am probably under the catergory of 'Maybe Dulu ada inda teQadha Puasa AND I don't remember how many days'. Yikes big yikes!

So this year I wanna make things straight. i.e I try as much as I can to continue to Qadha my Puasa for the previous years and at the same time try to pay my fidyah - approximate saja. After all - we should all pay our Hutang to Allah. If hutang to ppl sudah barat rasanya apatah lagi Hutang to Allah so we should all try our best to pay or Qadha.

Anyways, so as I was sitting there trying to get some explaination - of which I got confused. Here's the jist of what I've got! For people who have similar cases like me. There 3 types of payment:

1. Denda Fidyah must be paid first for all the previous years until 2008 - calculation berganda. (Monetary)

2. Only then pay Qadha - Fidyah the year after i.e 2009 (Monetary) - calculation times by the number of years

3. To continue to Qadha Puasa as much as you can. (Action)

I could be wrong but this was what I understood. I end up not paying yet as I have to go back and recalculate. Calculation is a bit confusing so best to get the advice of the Amils at the Religious Affairs or someone there.

Anyways, just hope the calculation paper I got will come in useful to ya'll. Wallahuwaklam.

Selamat Berpuasa Everyone!

Zakat Harta 2008 - Updated

As per a recent comment from a reader in my previous post, as promised I'd upload the updated Zakat Harta Calculation.. I just got this from the Ministry of Religious affairs. As you can see it was last updated Aug 08. He said the value changes daily which we can get from the news. Noted! Thanks for letting us know.

Also to make things easier for everyone, Zakat Harta is not that difficult to calculate.

Just do this... Zakat Harta = Value of Harta ($) during that year * 2.5%

To read up more on what you can and cannot zakat.. Here are some useful websites..

1. http://www.e-zakat.com.my/baru/k-zakat/saham.asp

2. http://www.zakat.com.sg/toz/tozHarta.html

It can be a bit confusing really.. but asal niat kitani baik...and if we pay extra.. we can always niat if ada labih to pay for our hutang zakat harta of previous years. Wallahuwaklam.

When I paid my Zakat I asked if our TAP should be included as Zakat, after many years of asking - this year they said TAP tidak di wajibkan bayar as it is not considered as milik sempurna. I do hope they will be a clear fatwa or write up or something on this. If there is do let me know. Would be good to have a clear black and white.

Anyways, to those who have not done any Zakat Harta this would be a good time to start. You will not miss a dime for Allah is Most Fair and Most Just and I do believe that if you pay your Zakat Harta, Allah the Almighty will pay you more so much more than what you paid in Zakat. I have only started paying mine a couple of years back when I started to understand more about it and no years have passed since that I did not get it all back and so much more... For Allah is Most Fair and He does not go back on what He has promised.

Inda rugi duit if you pay Zakat. I'd do right away if you want to have more in life. This is part of our spiritual financial planning in life.

Selamat Berpuasa everyone...