5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

that is, kinds of property, can be given, yet when ‘value’ is said
gold and silver are usually meant. Also Zeyla’î (rahmatullâhi
ta’âlâ ’aleyh) conveys that it is better to give its value in gold or
silver.” Then, one should follow the words of the majority and
give the fitra in gold or silver. Silver money is not in use now.
And the value of paper money has been made dependent upon
that of gold. Therefore, the value of silver with respect to the
currency is below its value in the Sharî’a. It is given with its
value according to the currency so that it will be to the
advantage of the poor. In case it is difficult to give them, one
should give half a sâ’ [1750 grams] of wheat or flour instead of
giving other property or paper money. One may also give paper
money instead of gold by following the facility we have
described in the first chapter. In the Madhâhib of Mâlikî and
Hanbalî it is better to give dates, in Shâfi’î, it is better to give
wheat, and in Hanafî it is better to give what is most valuable.
If it is difficult also to give wheat or flour, one may give bread
or corns of equal value. To give bread and corns, not their
weight but their cost or value is considered.
4 – SACRIFICE (PERFORMING THE QURBÂN)
If a discreet, pubert, free male or female Muslim, settled in a
village, in a desert or in a town, has the nisâb amount of
property or money in addition to what he or she needs, it
becomes wâjib for him or her to slaughter a certain animal with
the intention of ’Iyd-al-ad’ha (the ’Iyd of qurbân) within certain
days. The need includes a house with household appliances
and three sets of clothings. According to the Shaikhayn [Imâm
a’zam and Imâm Abû Yûsuf], a father has to perform the qurbân
on his rich child’s behalf [if he has a rich child], the expense
being taken from the child’s property. The meat cannot be
eaten by anyone but the child. The meat left over by the child is
sold and the money is used to buy durable things, such as
clothings for the child. But the fatwâ agrees with Imâm
Muhammad’s ijtihâd. Accordingly, it is not wâjib for the father to
perform the qurbân on his child’s behalf, neither at his expense
nor the child’s. We have explained the nisâb for qurbân in our
discourse on the sadaqa fitr in the previous chapter. While
explaining about the people (and institutions) that are to be
given zakât, Ibn Âbidîn says that no matter how much produce
a person gets from his field or year’s rental he gets for his field,
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