Distributing expiation through charitable organizations

The questioner:
And the Shaykh comes to distribute the expiation to the charitable organizations, and they take charge of distributing it.

The Shaykh:
This is the apparent situation now. This is what suffices, but it does not clear the conscience, because the organizations collect the money and mix it up—the donations, the expiations, and the zakah. They mix it all together and do not distribute it according to the purpose of the Shari'ah, and this does not concern them. And who is the one responsible among them? They are all a group, and each one throws the responsibility onto the other. So the organizations do not clear the conscience.
There is no harm in giving them the voluntary donations. But the obligatory things that a person must pay out and be certain of, such as the expiation, such as the alms given at the end of Ramadan, such as the 'Id sacrifice, and such as vows—these are things that a person must handle himself, or appoint a trustworthy person he trusts to carry them out. As for the organizations, they are not to be relied upon. They are not to be relied upon because, first of all, they mix these things up and leave them until later. Meanwhile, there are expiations that do not accept delay, vows that do not accept delay, and sacrifices that do not accept delay. These are sensitive matters. So for the obligatory things, a person must carry them out himself, or appoint a trustworthy person to carry them out for him. The alms given at the end of Ramadan is also like this, because it is fixed for a specific day, the day before the Friday prayer, and the last limit for paying it out is the Friday prayer. The organizations are not in a position to carry out the expiations or feed the people of the town, or a large group, before the Friday prayer. Even if they try hard, they will not find a way or be able to do it. This is a laxity in obligatory duties. So the one who has an obligation should hasten to pay it out; he should handle it himself, or appoint a trustworthy person to pay it out for him at its proper time. Yes.
No matter what their system is, and no matter who their supervisor is, they cannot manage it. These are many matters, and when they pile up on them—the fasts at the end of Ramadan, and the time is fixed and narrow—it does not allow them to do this. And they also go to distant lands, mostly. When will it arrive? This is not suitable. And they are not agents for the poor; the poor have not appointed them as agents, so we cannot say that their taking possession stands in place of the poor person's taking possession, because they are his agents. The poor have not appointed them for this; rather, the one who appointed them is only the payer. These are sensitive matters that are missed.

The questioner:
Al-Sharif al-A'raj.

The Shaykh:
My brother, you are not so helpless that you do not know a poor person to give your alms given at the end of Ramadan to. You are not so helpless, if Allah wills. If you are helpless, perhaps you are truly helpless. This is a laxity that is not acceptable. Yes.