How one person's Sadaqat-ul-Fitr scales to a household
Sadaqat-ul-Fitr, or Fitrana, is a fixed charity given for each person before the Eid-ul-Fitr prayer. Its amount is the price of a set quantity of food: half a sa' of wheat, or one sa' of barley, dates or raisins. This calculator multiplies one person's amount by everyone you pay for. You can use the amounts the Council of Islamic Ideology announced for Ramadan 1447 (2026), an amount from your own scholar, or your local price per kilogram.
The hadith set Fitrana in food: one sa' of dates or barley for every Muslim, young or old (Sahih al-Bukhari 1503), and half a sa' of wheat, which people later used in its place (Bukhari 1508 and 1511). Paying its value in money is common in Pakistan. One person's amount is the quantity × the price, and the family total is that amount × the number of people.
One card per family member shows each share and the family total together, with the food quantity when you give in kind.
Head count, basis, food, quantity and price in the Fitrana total
The basis decides where one person's amount comes from. Every other input either selects that amount or multiplies it.
- People you are paying for
- The total is the per-person amount times this whole number, from 1 to 100. A family of five on the Council's wheat-flour minimum pays Rs 1,500, and a sixth person brings it to Rs 1,800. Who belongs in the count, such as a spouse or adult children, is a ruling to take from your scholar.
- Basis for the amount
- The Council option uses its fixed Ramadan 1447 (2026) minimums, which will be out of date next Ramadan. The announced-amount option takes any per-person figure you enter, and the own-price option builds the amount from kilograms and a local price. Only the own-price option reports the food quantity for giving in kind.
- Food used
- Wheat is priced at half a sa' and the other foods at a full sa', so this choice moves the amount more than any other input. On the Council's figures the same five people pay Rs 1,500 on wheat flour and Rs 8,000 on dates. With an announced amount the food choice is hidden and unused.
- Quantity per person
- This is used only with your own price, from 0.1 to 10 kg. The weight of a sa' is an estimate, so your figure changes the result: half a sa' of wheat at Rs 150 per kg is Rs 300 at 2 kg but Rs 262.50 at 1.75 kg. For dates, barley or raisins, enter the full-sa' weight of about 4 kg.
- Local price per kg
- Enter the retail price where you live for the grade of food you would actually give. The amount moves in proportion: dates at 4 kg and Rs 450 per kg make Rs 1,800 a person, or Rs 9,000 for five. Entering the price of a 5 kg bag or a maund without dividing it down is the usual mistake.
Steps
- Enter how many people you are paying for, including yourself.
- Choose the Council's 2026 amounts, another announced amount, or your own price per kg, and choose the food.
- Calculate to see the amount for each person and for the whole family.
Reading tip: The Council's amounts are minimums based on Punjab prices. Many people give on barley, dates or raisins when they can afford it. Outside Punjab, use local prices, which the Council itself advised.
Eid preparations a Fitrana total helps with
Pay for the whole family
Work out one total for yourself, your spouse if you pay for them, and each child before Eid.
Choose a higher food
Compare paying on wheat, barley, dates or raisins and decide what you can give.
Use local prices
Price half a sa' or one sa' with the food prices in your own city, as the Council advised.
Give food in kind
See how many kilograms of dates or wheat to buy and give for your family.
How the calculation works
- A
- One person's Fitrana: half a sa' of wheat or one sa' of barley, dates or raisins, in rupees.
- people
- Yourself plus everyone you pay for, such as minor children, as your scholar advises.
- kg per person
- Weight of half a sa' or one sa'; about 2 kg and 4 kg in the Council's announcement.
- price per kg
- The local market price of the food you choose, entered by you.
The Council's amounts are minimums on Punjab prices for Ramadan 1447 (2026).
What every part means
- A
- One person's Fitrana: half a sa' of wheat or one sa' of barley, dates or raisins, in rupees.
- people
- Yourself plus everyone you pay for, such as minor children, as your scholar advises.
- kg per person
- Weight of half a sa' or one sa'; about 2 kg and 4 kg in the Council's announcement.
- price per kg
- The local market price of the food you choose, entered by you.
Calculate it step by step
Wheat uses half a sa'; barley, dates and raisins use one sa'.
Count yourself and every person you pay for.
Shown when you price the food yourself and want to give it in kind.
Quantities follow Sahih al-Bukhari 1503, 1506, 1508 and 1511 on sunnah.com. The 1447 AH amounts were announced by the Council's chairman and reported by The Express Tribune on 9 February 2026 and Dawn on 10 February 2026; the Council's own website did not carry the announcement when checked. Jamia Banuri Town published separate Karachi amounts. Multiplying one person's amount by the number of people is the calculator's arithmetic.
See how Calculation Guide tests examples and handles calculation limits.
See it in practice
- People you are paying for
- 5 people
- How is the amount per person set?
- Council of Islamic Ideology amounts for 1447 AH (2026)
- Food used for the amount
- Wheat or wheat flour (half a sa')
Council 2026 wheat-flour minimum: A = Rs 300. Family of 5: 5 × 300 = Rs 1,500. Dates at your price: 4 kg × Rs 450 = Rs 1,800 per person.
- Amount per personRs 300
- People included5
Interpretation & limitations
How to read your result
Example: a family of five using the Council's wheat-flour minimum of Rs 300 pays 5 × 300 = Rs 1,500. On dates, at Rs 1,600 per person, the same family gives Rs 8,000. If you price dates yourself at 4 kg × Rs 450 per kg, each share is Rs 1,800 and the same five people give Rs 9,000, or 20 kg of dates.
Where this estimate stops
The calculator does not decide who must pay Fitrana or for whom, which differs between schools of thought and depends on owning wealth above basic needs. It does not fetch prices, and the 2026 amounts will change next Ramadan. Fidya for missed fasts is a separate obligation not calculated here. Ask the scholar you follow about your case.
Frequently asked questions
01What is the Fitrana amount for 2026?
The Council of Islamic Ideology announced minimums of Rs 300 per person for wheat flour, Rs 1,100 for barley, Rs 1,600 for dates, Rs 3,800 for raisins and Rs 5,400 for munaqqa, reported by Dawn and The Express Tribune on 9–10 February 2026. They are based on Punjab prices.
02When must Fitrana be paid?
Before the Eid-ul-Fitr prayer, as in Sahih al-Bukhari 1503 and 1509. Companions paid a day or two before Eid (Bukhari 1511), and many scholars allow paying earlier in Ramadan.
03Who has to pay Fitrana?
In the Hanafi view explained by Jamia Banuri Town, it is due on the morning of Eid-ul-Fitr from every Muslim who owns wealth equal to the nisab beyond basic needs, for themselves and their minor children. Other schools have different conditions.
04Why are there different amounts for wheat and dates?
Wheat is given at half a sa' and the other foods at one sa', and their prices differ. Each food gives a valid amount; the more expensive ones give more to the poor.
05How many kilograms is a sa'?
A sa' is a volume, so weights are estimates. The Council uses about 2 kg of wheat for half a sa' and about 4 kg for a full sa'; Jamia Banuri Town gives 1.75 kg and about 3.5 kg.
06Can Fitrana be given as food instead of money?
Yes, the hadith describe giving the food itself. Choose your own price option to see the kilograms to give for your family.
Sources & references
- Sahih al-Bukhari 1503 on sunnah.com: one sa' for every Muslim, before the Eid prayer ↗
- Sahih al-Bukhari 1511 on sunnah.com: half a sa' of wheat ↗
- The Express Tribune (9 February 2026): Council of Islamic Ideology Fitrana amounts ↗
- Dawn (10 February 2026): Fitrana and fidya amounts ↗
- Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia Banuri Town: Sadaqat-ul-Fitr fatwa, 2026 ↗