Is it permissible to divide Zakat al-Fitr into three parts: for the poor, for the mosque, and for the family of a deceased person, based on the noble verse, and what should we do about this error?
According to Abu Hanifa, it is permissible to pay the value of Sadaqat al-Fitr (charity of breaking the fast) in money, while the majority of scholars hold a different view. The more cautious approach is that of the majority. If one follows Abu Hanifa's opinion by way of taqleed (emulation), then it is hoped that it will be sufficient. It is permissible to give it to the poor who are eligible to receive , and there is no harm in them taking the charity if they are eligible. However, allocating one-third of it to the mosque does not count as Sadaqat al-Fitr. If it is possible to recover this money and use it for its designated purpose, then that is obligatory. Otherwise, one must guarantee it and give it to the poor. There is no need to inform those who paid the Zakat about what happened, and the agency () is not invalidated by the agent's transgression, according to the preponderant opinion. Whoever unlawfully takes from Zakat money for himself must return its equivalent or give it to its rightful recipients, along with repentance and seeking forgiveness.
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