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Aqt (dried curd, a food)

الأقط

Aqt is a food made from churned milk, cooked and left until its water separates. 1 Most jurists allow paying it as the zakat al-fitr, since it is a staple; the Hanafis allow it only by value. 1 It is a ribawi item: the Malikis and Hanbalis allow exchanging it for its like, and the Shafi'is forbid it. 1

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Zakat and sadaqa

Definition

Aqt, also written iqt, uqt or afit, is a food made from churned milk. It is cooked and left until the water separates out, and a piece of it is called aqta. 1

Rulings

  • Zakat al-fitr: most jurists allow paying it in aqt as a staple. The hadith of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri lists a sa' of aqt among the items given. The Hanafis allow it only by value, since aqt is not named in a text they trust. 1
  • Sale: aqt is a ribawi item, so exchange of the same kind requires equal weight and immediate handover. The Malikis and Hanbalis allow selling some for more of the same, and the Shafi'is forbid it, since its parts are cohesive and salt is mixed in. 1
  • Other topics: aqt is treated in zakat al-fitr, riba and salam. 1

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Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.3219
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