The Elder Who Has Lost His Mind and Zakat al-Fitr on His Behalf
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a man is old and frail and has lost his mind and did not fast Ramadan,
The Shaykh:
if he has lost his mind, he owes nothing; the one who has lost his mind is not subject to religious obligation.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you, is Zakat al-Fitr to be paid on his behalf?
The Shaykh:
Yes, indeed. Zakat al-Fitr is a purification of the person; it is paid on behalf of the old and the young, the male and the female, the free person and the slave. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a man is old and frail and has lost his mind and did not fast Ramadan,
The Shaykh:
if he has lost his mind, he owes nothing; the one who has lost his mind is not subject to religious obligation.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you, is Zakat al-Fitr to be paid on his behalf?
The Shaykh:
Yes, indeed. Zakat al-Fitr is a purification of the person; it is paid on behalf of the old and the young, the male and the female, the free person and the slave. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 27-04-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:00:43)
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