New Delhi: In the wake of COVID-19 threat, Indian Muslims for Progress and Reforms (IMPAR) on Saturday released a set of guidelines for celebrating Eid 2020 and asked people to offer Eid prayers at home and to look out for poor and needy and those stranded and in need of food, medicine, or any other help.
"The priority of Zakat spending must be these people and not Madarsa or other such places. Zakat, which is paid during the holy month of Ramazan, should amount to 2.5 per cent of one's assets and is mandatory for all Muslims," said Dr MJ Khan, Convener and Central Committee Member, IMPAR.
As Eid-ul-Fitr is less than ten days away, IMPAR, a platform that comprises of prominent Muslim personalities, issued the 11-point guidelines and asked people to ensure that social distancing and austerity measures are adhered to.
These guidelines cover almost all spheres of social life around Eid. In addition, a few more good deeds have been mentioned like paying someones’ school fees on Eid, paying somebody’s rent, feeding a family and helping someone re-start the business.
Talking about the guidelines, Saeed Shervani, IMPAR Central Committee Member and noted industrialist said that we must shun all extravagant spending this Eid and use that money to help the needy in this situation of crisis while adding that this is the essence of paying Zakat.
Notably, these guidelines have been prepared with the help of IMPAR Masjid-Madarsa Reforms Group and other noted Islamic Scholars, such as Dr Zafar Mahmood, President, Zakat Foundation of India.
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