Is it permissible to appoint an agent for the alms given at the end of Ramadan?
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The questioner : His EminenceThe Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good. I have the alms given at the end of Ramadan every year, and I used to hand it out myself, but now I am ill... and I appointed a man. Is that permissible for me, or will I be sinful, may Allah prolong your life?
The Shaykh : The alms given at the end of Ramadan?
The questioner : Yes, I have twenty people: my sons, daughters, and wife. Every year I used to carry it out myself, but this year I am ill, and then I cannot manage it, so I gave it to a man named 'Amir, a man from Buraydah, may Allah reward him with good.
The Shaykh : And he distributed it?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : There is no blame on a person for appointing someone to distribute his alms given at the end of Ramadan, even without an excuse. Appointing an agent for this is permissible, whether for distributing the alms given at the end of Ramadan, which is the alms given at the end of Ramadan, or for distributing zakah as well. If a person has zakah due and says, "So-and-so, take this zakah and distribute it according to your judgment," there is nothing wrong with that.
Likewise, if you have an expiation for an oath to feed ten poor people, and you appoint someone to feed them on your behalf, there is nothing wrong with that, because these are matters in which representation is permissible.
The questioner : May Allah reward you for your good deed. I gave him money.
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with that. And if you gave him money and said, "Take this money and buy the alms given at the end of Ramadan with it and distribute it according to your judgment," there is nothing wrong with that.
The questioner : He gave me the remainder.
The Shaykh : May Allah accept it from you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : The alms given at the end of Ramadan?
The questioner : Yes, I have twenty people: my sons, daughters, and wife. Every year I used to carry it out myself, but this year I am ill, and then I cannot manage it, so I gave it to a man named 'Amir, a man from Buraydah, may Allah reward him with good.
The Shaykh : And he distributed it?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : There is no blame on a person for appointing someone to distribute his alms given at the end of Ramadan, even without an excuse. Appointing an agent for this is permissible, whether for distributing the alms given at the end of Ramadan, which is the alms given at the end of Ramadan, or for distributing zakah as well. If a person has zakah due and says, "So-and-so, take this zakah and distribute it according to your judgment," there is nothing wrong with that.
Likewise, if you have an expiation for an oath to feed ten poor people, and you appoint someone to feed them on your behalf, there is nothing wrong with that, because these are matters in which representation is permissible.
The questioner : May Allah reward you for your good deed. I gave him money.
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with that. And if you gave him money and said, "Take this money and buy the alms given at the end of Ramadan with it and distribute it according to your judgment," there is nothing wrong with that.
The questioner : He gave me the remainder.
The Shaykh : May Allah accept it from you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.