The Mufti of Damascus, Abdul Fattah al-Bazm, determined the legal weight and Syrian currency for gold and silver, al-fitr alms, the ransom of fasting, and the expiation of oath. 1444 AH (2023 CE).
“We are inclined to adopt the silver quorum, taking into account the situation in the country and to ensure the public interest according to the best of the poor,” Al-Bozom said in a statement. determined the legal amounts according to the following:
The ransom value for fasting is at least 10 thousand Syrian pounds per day.
£10,000 per person Charity-i Fitr.
The expiation of the oath is 150,000 Syrian liras (to feed ten poor people for two meals, thus to feed one poor person is 7,500 liras).
The zakat (85 grams of gold) of the money and its price is estimated at 29,361,380 Syrian pounds.
In response, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in the Assad government set the actual daily official working hours for ministries, departments and other public institutions during the holy month of Ramadan from nine in the morning to two thirty in the afternoon.
He drew attention to the fact that public authorities, which by their nature require continuous work, determine the starting and ending times and times of daily work, as well as arranging the shifts according to their own regulations and the requirements of the public interest.
