The ruling on paying zakat al-fitr in a country other than one’s country of residence
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Question:
Shaykh Salih, I have two questions. The first question: I am a Syrian resident in Saudi Arabia. How do we give zakat al-fitr, Shaykh? Do we give it here, or in Syria, or how? This is a Syrian resident in Saudi Arabia asking about zakat al-fitr: does he pay it here, or in his home country?
Answer:
He pays it here, because it is the zakat of the body. So he pays it in the country where he is, to the poor there. And if he sends it, or appoints someone to pay it in his home country, there is no harm in that.
Shaykh Salih, I have two questions. The first question: I am a Syrian resident in Saudi Arabia. How do we give zakat al-fitr, Shaykh? Do we give it here, or in Syria, or how? This is a Syrian resident in Saudi Arabia asking about zakat al-fitr: does he pay it here, or in his home country?
Answer:
He pays it here, because it is the zakat of the body. So he pays it in the country where he is, to the poor there. And if he sends it, or appoints someone to pay it in his home country, there is no harm in that.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4122] حكم إخراج زكاة الفطر في بلد غير بلد الإقامة - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (0:13)
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