Is the person’s obligation discharged if the one entrusted with it delays the alms given at the end of Ramadan until after the festival prayer?
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Question:
A man gave the alms given at the end of Ramadan to a person to pay it on his behalf, but this entrusted person says he will not pay it until after the festival prayer. Is the first man’s obligation discharged or not?
Answer:
Yes, if he pays it, the first man’s obligation is discharged. And if he was forgetful and delayed it out of forgetfulness, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
A man gave the alms given at the end of Ramadan to a person to pay it on his behalf, but this entrusted person says he will not pay it until after the festival prayer. Is the first man’s obligation discharged or not?
Answer:
Yes, if he pays it, the first man’s obligation is discharged. And if he was forgetful and delayed it out of forgetfulness, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل تبرأ ذمة الشخص إذا أخَّر الموكَّل عنه صدقة الفطر إلى ما بعد صلاة العيد؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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