Informing the poor person that the payment is zakat al-fitr
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it obligatory for the one who pays zakat al-fitr to inform the recipient that it is zakat al-fitr?
Answer:
He does not inform him unless he knows that he does not take zakat. If he knows that he does not take zakat, that he has abstained from it, then he informs him. But if he does not know that he has abstained from zakat, he pays it to him, if it is most likely in his opinion that he is in need.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it obligatory for the one who pays zakat al-fitr to inform the recipient that it is zakat al-fitr?
Answer:
He does not inform him unless he knows that he does not take zakat. If he knows that he does not take zakat, that he has abstained from it, then he informs him. But if he does not know that he has abstained from zakat, he pays it to him, if it is most likely in his opinion that he is in need.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 034 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الزكاة / زكاة الفطر / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:11:00)
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