The prescribed manner of distributing zakat al-fitr among the poor of the country
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Q: Regarding the fitrah, is it distributed to the poor of our country or to others? And if we travel three days before the festival, what do we do regarding the fitrah?
A: The Sunnah is to distribute zakat al-fitr among the poor of the country on the morning of the festival, before the prayer. It is permissible to distribute it one or two days before that, starting from the twenty-eighth day. If a person who owes zakat al-fitr travels two days or more before the festival, he should pay it in the Islamic country to which he is traveling. If it is a non-Islamic country, he should seek out some of the poor Muslims and give it to them. If his travel is after the time when it becomes permissible to pay it, then what is prescribed for him is to distribute it among the poor of his country; because the purpose of it is to support them, do good to them, and make them independent of asking people for help on the days of the festival.
A: The Sunnah is to distribute zakat al-fitr among the poor of the country on the morning of the festival, before the prayer. It is permissible to distribute it one or two days before that, starting from the twenty-eighth day. If a person who owes zakat al-fitr travels two days or more before the festival, he should pay it in the Islamic country to which he is traveling. If it is a non-Islamic country, he should seek out some of the poor Muslims and give it to them. If his travel is after the time when it becomes permissible to pay it, then what is prescribed for him is to distribute it among the poor of his country; because the purpose of it is to support them, do good to them, and make them independent of asking people for help on the days of the festival.
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binbaz.org.sa
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