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The zakat is joined to 'fitr' because it is the ground of its obligation; it is also called fitra with a broken fa — a coined technical term of the jurists, legal in its reality, and al-Nawawi says fitra is said of the payer. In the technical sense: an alms due at the fast-breaking from Ramadan.
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The zakat is ascribed to the fitr because the fitr is the cause of its obligation; it is also called fitra with a kasra — a coined juristic term, not Arabic in origin — and al-Nawawi says what is given out is called fitra. In usage: the alms owed upon the breaking of Ramadan. 1
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Muwatta, Book of Zakat· Malik ibn Anas· Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab· Nafi' mawla Ibn Umar· Al Bukhari· Muhammad· Muwatta 769· Muwatta 770
Sources
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.9181
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- Principles of Islamic Economics — Rafiq Yunus al-Misri
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islam.museum contributors. “Zakat al-Fitr”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/practice/zakat-al-fitr/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-26.