Ruling on paying zakat al-fitr two days before the festival
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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, a woman asks: I paid the alms given at the end of Ramadan for myself and my household in the past Ramadan, thinking that the month would be twenty-nine days. I paid it two days early, but I was surprised to find that the month was completed. Does this alms suffice for me?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and all his Companions. As for what follows, the time for paying the alms given at the end of Ramadan is divided into three categories. The first category is the time of permissibility, which is one or two days before the festival. One or two days before the festival is the time of permissibility. The second is the time of excellence, which is after the sun sets on the night of the festival until the people go out to pray the festival prayer. This is the best, and the later it is until they go out, the better it is.
The third category is the time of sufficiency, which is paying it after the festival prayer, during the rest of the festival day. It suffices, though it is disliked. The fourth type is the time of making it up, the time of making it up, which is after the festival day. If he does not pay it on the festival day, and the day passes without him paying it, he is required to make it up afterwards, because it is a debt in his liability. He makes it up after his day, and he is sinful for the delay. So, if this woman paid the alms given at the end of Ramadan two days before the festival, this is based on permissibility, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, a woman asks: I paid the alms given at the end of Ramadan for myself and my household in the past Ramadan, thinking that the month would be twenty-nine days. I paid it two days early, but I was surprised to find that the month was completed. Does this alms suffice for me?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and all his Companions. As for what follows, the time for paying the alms given at the end of Ramadan is divided into three categories. The first category is the time of permissibility, which is one or two days before the festival. One or two days before the festival is the time of permissibility. The second is the time of excellence, which is after the sun sets on the night of the festival until the people go out to pray the festival prayer. This is the best, and the later it is until they go out, the better it is.
The third category is the time of sufficiency, which is paying it after the festival prayer, during the rest of the festival day. It suffices, though it is disliked. The fourth type is the time of making it up, the time of making it up, which is after the festival day. If he does not pay it on the festival day, and the day passes without him paying it, he is required to make it up afterwards, because it is a debt in his liability. He makes it up after his day, and he is sinful for the delay. So, if this woman paid the alms given at the end of Ramadan two days before the festival, this is based on permissibility, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 27 من 27|أحكام المرأة في الصيام|أحكام زكاة الفطر مع ضوابط احتفال النساء بالعيد|صالح الفوزان|فقه — youtube.com (0:42)
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