Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Fitr to those other than the poor and the needy among the eight categories mentioned in the Qur'an?
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Scholars differ regarding the recipients of al-Fitr. The Shafi'is hold that its recipients are the same as those for Zakat al-Mal (wealth zakat). In contrast, the Malikis restrict it to the poor and the needy, a view preferred by Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim, and Sheikh Ibn Baz, who cite the narrated by Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): "a purification for the fasting person from idle talk and obscenities, and a feeding for the needy."
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