Is it permissible to pay the alms given at the end of Ramadan on behalf of an orphan whom one is supporting?

Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: I have orphans, and I am responsible for them. They are poor and cannot pay the alms given at the end of Ramadan. Is it permissible for me to pay it on their behalf? And should I pay it in their country, or should I pay it in my country where I reside?

Answer:
Yes, you pay it, as long as you are spending on them, as long as you are responsible for their maintenance, it is obligatory for you to pay the alms given at the end of Ramadan on their behalf. It is permissible, it is permissible to include agency in paying the alms given at the end of Ramadan. So if one person pays it on behalf of his Muslim brother, even if he does not spend on him, then this suffices, yes, because financial acts of worship admit agency, yes. And whether you pay it in their country from your wealth, or from the maintenance you provided for them, or whether you pay it in the country where you are, on your behalf and on their behalf? Yes.