Delaying the payment of Zakat al-Fitr and reserving spots in the mosque

The questioner:
And this is our brother Abdullah from Al-Khabar. Please, brother Abdullah. Peace be upon you. Peace and the mercy of Allah.

The Shaykh:
Peace be upon you.

The questioner:
May Allah give you all a good evening, if Allah wills. May Allah give you a good evening. Shaykh, may Allah reward you. I wanted to inquire about zakah. I calculated the zakah based on the number of family members and kept it with me in the car, intending to pay it out before the Fajr prayer, following the Sunnah. So I paid out half of it. I gave it to a poor man whom I found on the road, intending to pay out the rest, but I forgot. I did not remember it until the 'Asr prayer on the day of 'Eid, after the 'Eid prayer. What is the ruling in that, Shaykh? And the second question: On Friday, there is a man in our mosque who collects the women's Qur'ans and uses them to reserve spots in the front row. What is the ruling on that? May Allah reward us and you, if Allah wills?

The Shaykh:
My brother, zakat al-fitr is given out on the day of 'Eid before the prayer. If it is not given out before the prayer, it is given out during the rest of the day. If the day of 'Eid passes, it is given out after the day of 'Eid, and it is never withheld. It is given out even after the day of 'Eid, and it counts as making up for it. Yes. As for the matter of someone reserving spaces in the mosque with Quran stands, there is no harm in that if there is a need for it. But if he is collecting the stands and causing inconvenience to people, it is not permissible for him to do so, and people need them. Yes.