Is the "Ramadan Bag," for which money was collected and is distributed to the poor and needy, considered Zakat or Sadaqah, knowing that the donation of the money was with the intention of Zakat?
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If the questioner intends to use money to buy food and distribute it to the poor during , then the zakat is valid, and deputizing someone to distribute the zakat is permissible. It is not a condition to inform the poor person that what was given to him is zakat. However, if she means zakat al-fitr, the preponderant opinion is that it is not valid to give it out more than one or two days before Eid al-Fitr.
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