Transferring Zakah Outside the Country

The questioner:
I have two questions, O my Shaykh. Please go ahead. First, regarding zakah, O Shaykh. May Allah prolong your life, we have people who do not know its value, and they are in a good state, praise be to Allah. There are people outside the Kingdom. Yes, and I know that there is a pressing need. Is it permissible for me to collect the zakat al-fitr that I have, which is the zakah, and send it to them, and it reaches them on the same day? Yes, wait, wait, wait, O Nasser, O Nasser, wait, may Allah be pleased with you, Abu Nasser. He asks, O Shaykh, about zakah, saying: Is it permissible to send it outside the country?

The Shaykh:
The zakah on wealth is to be paid in the country where the wealth is located; this is the best course.

The questioner:
Do not send it.

The Shaykh:
And do not transfer it except for a stronger reason, such as there being poorer people who are in greater need than the poor people present, or that he has poor relatives to whom he transfers it. This is a valid reason, yes.