Is it permissible to buy Eid clothes for a poor person whose father is in debt with the intention of it being Zakat al-Fitr, or is that considered charity and necessitates giving out Zakat again, knowing that the giver was unaware that Zakat al-Fitr must be from the staple food of the land?
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The default is to give al-Fitr as food, based on what was narrated by Ibn Umar. However, giving it as money or clothing is a matter of dispute among scholars. The permissibility of doing so has been chosen when there is a benefit. Therefore, your Zakat is sufficient, God willing, if the value of the clothes equals or exceeds the value of the Fitra.
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