The obligation of one who has not paid the alms of fitr for a servant for several years

Question:
The questioner, Lam 'Ayni, says: I have a female worker, and I have not paid the alms of fitr on her behalf for a period of six years due to my ignorance. I did not know that the alms of fitr was my responsibility. After I learned this, what is required of me now regarding the past six years?

Answer:
The alms of fitr is only upon the person himself, so it is permissible for someone else to bear it on his behalf, such as the one who provides for him; he pays the alms of fitr in accordance with his provision. Otherwise, the default is that it is obligatory upon the person himself, upon the Muslim himself. So this female worker is obligated to pay the alms of fitr herself, except if you paid it on her behalf, in which case it suffices for her. It is not obligatory upon you, but rather it is obligatory upon her. So you should alert her; if you did not pay it on her behalf, alert her to pay it for herself. And if you pay it on her behalf as making up for missed obligations, you gather the alms of fitr for several years, you pay it, and you give it to the poor. This will be making up for the missed obligations, and this is an act of excellence. Yes.