My brother works outside the Kingdom. Should he pay the alms given at the end of Ramadan there, or should we pay it on his behalf here?
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The questioner : This person is asking, saying: May the scholarThe Shaykh : My brother works outside the Kingdom. Should he pay the alms given at the end of Ramadan there, or should we pay it on his behalf here?
The Shaykh : Yes, the alms given at the end of Ramadan follows the person. So wherever you are when the sun sets on the night of the festival, you pay the alms there. For example, if you are from Makkah and the sun sets on the night of the festival at the end of Ramadan while you are in al-Madinah, you pay it in al-Madinah, and so on. So your brother, as long as he is in a country outside the Kingdom, pays his alms there, provided he is in a country where the people are eligible to receive alms. But if they are not eligible to receive alms, such as disbelievers, or if it is a country where all the people are rich and there is no poor person known, then you pay it on his behalf. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, the alms given at the end of Ramadan follows the person. So wherever you are when the sun sets on the night of the festival, you pay the alms there. For example, if you are from Makkah and the sun sets on the night of the festival at the end of Ramadan while you are in al-Madinah, you pay it in al-Madinah, and so on. So your brother, as long as he is in a country outside the Kingdom, pays his alms there, provided he is in a country where the people are eligible to receive alms. But if they are not eligible to receive alms, such as disbelievers, or if it is a country where all the people are rich and there is no poor person known, then you pay it on his behalf. Yes.