Controversy and disagreement in Sudan over the "ransom of the fasting person": "It is not enough to feed a bird"

The month of Ramadan in Sudan has started to be full of controversy. Fatwas by the Islamic Fiqh Academy and the Council of Scholars on determining the "ransom of poor food" have sparked a fierce debate among Sudanese.

In details, the complex, which is considered the official jurisprudential and religious reference of the state, and includes scholars and jurists of most of the religious sects known in the country, for those with legitimate excuses, who cannot fast Ramadan such as the sick and the elderly, set an amount of 600 Sudanese pounds (equivalent to US dollars) to feed the poor a "saturated meal" per day.
However, Sheikh Abdul Rahman Hassan Ahmed, a member of the Sudanese Scholars Association and head of the Fatwa Department of the body, went further, saying that the ransom was only 300 Sudanese pounds.

He also added in a video posted on social media: "This is what I have been repeating and calling for in previous years, and for which I addressed the Fiqh Council, but there is no life for those who call."
For his part, according to "Al-Arabiya.net", the Deputy Secretary-General of the Ansar Affairs Authority in Sudan - a religious body affiliated with the Ansar al-Imam al-Mahdi sect - Adam Ahmed Yusuf, set the amount of one thousand pounds as a minimum for a ransom for poor food per day.

The Islamic Fiqh Academy called for a review of its fatwa.

He also launched a fierce attack on the head of the Fatwa Department, Sheikh Abdul Rahman Hassan, saying: As for our friend, the head of the Fatwa Department of the Sudanese Scholars Association, his fatwa was off point in the language of the people of the round, and he meant football.

He stated that 200 pounds or 300 pounds does not feed a bird for love, let alone feed a human soul honored by God. Those views sparked a fierce debate on social media about the value of the ransom.

Some of them argued that the exact amount is very scarce, and is not enough to feed one person a single meal, in light of the escalating cost of life in Sudan, and stated that the average prices of regular meals far exceed this amount.

One commentator said that the amount set by a member of the Sudanese Scholars Association is ashamed to give to your young son for breakfast at school.