The Ruling on Delaying Zakat al-Fitr and Paying It After Three Months
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person gave me two bags of rice. A person gave me two bags of rice as zakat al-fitr, and I did not realize the matter. Then it stayed with me for three months, and then I paid it out on behalf of that person, because I am not eligible for zakat. Is my action correct?
Answer:
It is qada' (making up a missed act of worship). You pay it even if it is after its time, and it becomes qada'. If the delay was without an excuse, he sins by delaying it. But if it was for an excuse, he makes it up and there is no sin on him, because he is excused. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person gave me two bags of rice. A person gave me two bags of rice as zakat al-fitr, and I did not realize the matter. Then it stayed with me for three months, and then I paid it out on behalf of that person, because I am not eligible for zakat. Is my action correct?
Answer:
It is qada' (making up a missed act of worship). You pay it even if it is after its time, and it becomes qada'. If the delay was without an excuse, he sins by delaying it. But if it was for an excuse, he makes it up and there is no sin on him, because he is excused. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1352 -2802] حكم تأخير زكاة الفطر وإخراجها بعد ثلاثة أشهر - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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