Is it permissible to delay the alms given at the end of Ramadan from its proper time?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: We have a charitable association. Is it permissible for us to collect the alms given at the end of Ramadan and then delay it for a week or five days so that we can distribute it to the needy? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Have you not heard what was said? We say: It is not permissible to delay it past the day of the festival. It is not permissible to delay it past the day of the festival. So if you do not find the needy on the day of the festival before the prayer of the festival, if you do not find the needy you want, give it to others. Give it to other needy people. Do not go out to the prayer of the festival until you have paid the alms given at the end of Ramadan. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: We have a charitable association. Is it permissible for us to collect the alms given at the end of Ramadan and then delay it for a week or five days so that we can distribute it to the needy? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Have you not heard what was said? We say: It is not permissible to delay it past the day of the festival. It is not permissible to delay it past the day of the festival. So if you do not find the needy on the day of the festival before the prayer of the festival, if you do not find the needy you want, give it to others. Give it to other needy people. Do not go out to the prayer of the festival until you have paid the alms given at the end of Ramadan. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز تأخير زكاة الفطر عن وقتها؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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