Zakat Al Fitr
376 questions
Is it permissible to pay the expiatory alms (fidyah) for delaying the making up of missed Ramadan fasts and Zakat al-Fitr in money to charities, taking into consideration that the charity might not purchase food with it, due to the difficulty of finding a direct poor person, and because there are fatwas that permit paying in money due to need?
Is the guardian of an orphan obligated to pay Zakat al-Fitr on behalf of the orphan under his guardianship?
Does the time for giving out Zakat al-Fitr extend from after the Eid prayer until the end of that day?
Is it permissible for a person to pay Zakat al-Fitr from flour?
Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Fitr to eight people at once without specifying the share of each individual?
Is the Hadith: "The Ramadan fast is not raised [accepted] until zakat al-fitr is given" authentic, and is a fasting Muslim in need, who does not possess the nisab for zakat, obliged to pay zakat al-fitr for the validity of this Hadith or for other established legal evidences from the Sunnah?
Is it permissible for the needy, poor daughter of a sick man to take from his Zakat al-Fitr and the expiation for his fasting, which his sons pay on his behalf?
Is it permissible for a father to pay Zakat al-Fitr on behalf of his financially independent son?
Is Zakat al-Fitr obligatory upon the father for his children who live with their mother?
Is the family obligated to pay Zakat al-Fitr from what is surplus to their needs on the eve of Eid and on the day of Eid, if that amount is not sufficient to pay the Zakat for all its members, or is the Zakat waived for them in this case?
Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Fitr as one saa’ of rice, and another of bulgur, and another of lentils, and another of chickpeas, and another of chicken meat, such that there are five different types for five people?
To whom should the poor person give zakat al-fitr when he only owns one saa' of food and is supporting his parents and children?
Is it permissible to offer ready-made food from a restaurant as expiation for an oath (kaffarat al-yameen), or must it be from the types of food given in Zakat al-Fitr, such as rice?
What is the amount of Zakat al-Fitr, is it permissible to give it after the Eid prayer, and is it permissible to give it in cash?
Is it permissible to give out meat as Zakat al-Fitr?
What is the ruling on one who performs the obligatory prayers and fasting, but neglects to pay Zakat al-Fitr out of leniency?
Is Zakat al-Fitr obligatory for the husband to pay on behalf of his wife with whom he is in severe dispute?
Is there a specific supplication to be recited when giving out zakat al-fitr, and what is it?
Can Fatwa no. 6372 be amended or deleted, given that there is an objection to the interpretation of the words of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and their attribution to Zakat al-Fitr, which suggests the permissibility of paying it in cash, contrary to what was narrated from Imam Ahmad?
Is it established in the Quran and the Prophetic Sunnah that there is such a thing as "the variation of fatwas with the variation of time and place"?
To whom is Zakat al-Fitr given, and is it permissible to send it to the Mujahideen in Afghanistan or to deposit it into a charity fund for projects such as building a mosque?
Is it permissible to give Zakat to non-Muslims?
Is it obligatory to give Zakat al-Fitr now if its time has passed due to being busy?
Is it obligatory to pay Zakat al-Fitr accumulated over 25 years for 25 individuals, or is a smaller number permissible, and how is its amount calculated?