Zakat al-Fitr on behalf of workers and servants in the house
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Question:
May Allah reward you. He says: Honorable Shaykh, I have workers and servants in my house. Do I have to pay Zakat al-Fitr on their behalf?
Answer:
If you are providing for them during the month of Ramadan, meaning you are spending on them during the month of Ramadan, then you pay Zakat al-Fitr on their behalf, because Zakat al-Fitr is tied to financial support and maintenance. If you are not spending on them, and they are spending on themselves, and you wish to donate by paying the Fitrah charity on their behalf, and you appoint them to do so, there is no harm in that. Yes.
May Allah reward you. He says: Honorable Shaykh, I have workers and servants in my house. Do I have to pay Zakat al-Fitr on their behalf?
Answer:
If you are providing for them during the month of Ramadan, meaning you are spending on them during the month of Ramadan, then you pay Zakat al-Fitr on their behalf, because Zakat al-Fitr is tied to financial support and maintenance. If you are not spending on them, and they are spending on themselves, and you wish to donate by paying the Fitrah charity on their behalf, and you appoint them to do so, there is no harm in that. Yes.
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 13 فتاوى على الهواء - 20 / 09 / 1433هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (24:13)
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