Is it permissible to appoint a poor person as an agent to receive Zakat al-Fitr?
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The questioner : And the noble return is from a person regarding his capacity, or from him and his family.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : A person says he has paid the zakah, waiting for it to be given on his behalf and on behalf of his family and children. In this manner, he prevailed for the person who wants to pay it to him by phone, and he requested that he appoint one of the people to receive the zakah from him, which the individual had designated for him. Then the individual insisted that his family deliver it to the judge's agent. From the continuous period during the last ten days of Ramadan, by his ruling as a traveler from his country where he resides with security, this is the payment of the estimated date of the wet [dates] in this manner.
The Shaykh : May Allah be pleased with you, O Abdul Aziz.
Another questioner : What is the meaning?
The Shaykh : Directed, can it be smaller than this? We saw a direction smaller than this a little.
Another questioner : Our brother is like this. Good morning.
The Shaykh : What appears from the Qur'an. What appears from this question is that he is asking whether it is permissible for the poor person to whom you want to give Zakat al-Fitr to appoint a person to receive it from you at the time of payment? And the answer is that this is permissible, meaning it is permissible for the one who has Zakat al-Fitr to say to the poor person, "Appoint someone to receive the zakah on your behalf at the time of payment." And when the time of payment comes, which is one or two days before the festival, the zakah is delivered to the agent whom the poor person appointed to receive it. May Allah make it so. The Qur'an, O Shaykh, and Allah knows best, and thanks to the Merciful.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : A person says he has paid the zakah, waiting for it to be given on his behalf and on behalf of his family and children. In this manner, he prevailed for the person who wants to pay it to him by phone, and he requested that he appoint one of the people to receive the zakah from him, which the individual had designated for him. Then the individual insisted that his family deliver it to the judge's agent. From the continuous period during the last ten days of Ramadan, by his ruling as a traveler from his country where he resides with security, this is the payment of the estimated date of the wet [dates] in this manner.
The Shaykh : May Allah be pleased with you, O Abdul Aziz.
Another questioner : What is the meaning?
The Shaykh : Directed, can it be smaller than this? We saw a direction smaller than this a little.
Another questioner : Our brother is like this. Good morning.
The Shaykh : What appears from the Qur'an. What appears from this question is that he is asking whether it is permissible for the poor person to whom you want to give Zakat al-Fitr to appoint a person to receive it from you at the time of payment? And the answer is that this is permissible, meaning it is permissible for the one who has Zakat al-Fitr to say to the poor person, "Appoint someone to receive the zakah on your behalf at the time of payment." And when the time of payment comes, which is one or two days before the festival, the zakah is delivered to the agent whom the poor person appointed to receive it. May Allah make it so. The Qur'an, O Shaykh, and Allah knows best, and thanks to the Merciful.
Source
دروس وفتاوى المسجد الحرام لعام 1408هـ - 21 — binothaimeen.net (50:53)
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