The ruling on giving zakat al-fitr one or two days before the festival
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Question:
He says: I am residing in a country, and I appointed my brother in my home country to give zakat al-fitr on my behalf. However, the month of Shawwal has already entered in the country where I am residing before it has entered in the country where my brother is. Is it permissible for my brother to give the zakat on my behalf?
Answer:
Yes, it is permissible; because the correct view is that it is permissible to give the zakat one or two days before the festival, and there is no harm in that. Yes.
He says: I am residing in a country, and I appointed my brother in my home country to give zakat al-fitr on my behalf. However, the month of Shawwal has already entered in the country where I am residing before it has entered in the country where my brother is. Is it permissible for my brother to give the zakat on my behalf?
Answer:
Yes, it is permissible; because the correct view is that it is permissible to give the zakat one or two days before the festival, and there is no harm in that. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/070 — archive.org (14:36)
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