Where is the zakat al-fitr paid for the provider and his family?

Question : The questioner says: I am from Egypt, and I work in the Kingdom. I support a family whose financial maintenance is my obligation. Do I pay the zakat, meaning zakat al-fitr, for myself and for them here in the Kingdom, or do I pay for myself and they pay for themselves there, or do they pay for me and for themselves in our home country?

Answer : It is preferable that you pay for yourself here, because the fitrah is attached to the person, and that they pay for themselves there. This is the rule: zakat al-fitr follows the person, and the zakat of wealth follows the wealth. So, if we suppose that a man is in one country and his wealth is in another country where he trades, he pays the zakat of the wealth in the other country, not in his own country. As for zakat al-fitr, it is paid in his own country, because this is the rule of the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them): the zakat of wealth follows the wealth and is paid in the country where the wealth is, and zakat al-fitr follows the person and is paid in the country where the person is. Yes.