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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Offering Zakat al-Fitr and paying it after the prayer, and the difference between fard and wajib

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Question:
So they said: If he does not respond. Indeed, Allah does not respond to what Allah does not respond to.

Answer:
A slight early payment does no harm, if Allah wills. A slight early payment does no harm, if Allah wills. Yes.
You heard the statement that if the time has passed, meaning the Eid prayer has ended and he has not paid the Zakat al-Fitr, it is obligatory for him to pay it on the day of Eid or after the day of Eid. It remains a debt in his liability, becoming qada' (making up a missed act of worship) rather than ada' (performing an act in its proper time).
Because Ibn 'Umar and others say: The Messenger of Allah made it obligatory. So how can Dawud say: The Messenger of Allah made it a sunnah (recommended practice)? This is not correct; it is his ijtihad (independent legal reasoning), may Allah have mercy on him. The Messenger of Allah made it obligatory, and the meaning of "qard" here is obligatory. Also, the Ummah is in consensus on its obligatoriness, so how can one person contradict them? The opinion of one person is not considered. They mentioned that consensus is not affected by the disagreement of one or two people.
There is no difference between them except according to the Hanafis. The Hanafis distinguish between wajib and fard, but others do not distinguish between fard and wajib. Yes.
Source شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب صدقة التطوع — islamhouse.com (17:57)

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