NOTE: The addition of "kareem" in the previous supplication is not authentic - as Sheikh Albāni clarifies here (see the picture below) in 'Silsilah Aṣ-Ṣaḥīḥah'

والحلبي هذا لم يعد فاضلا -أصلحه الله- فليتنبه!

بســـم اللــه الرحــمــن الـرحـــيــم

◾Did Allāh obligate fasting so the rich could feel the pain of hunger and (consequently) pay attention to the poor.◾

Our Shaykh, Abū Muhammad Abdul Hamēd Al-Zokourī (May Allah preserve him) said on 17th Ramadhān 1441H (10th May 2020):

All praise belongs to Allāh and may the peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

Here is a point of notice; and it is that perhaps some of them say that Allāh obligated fasting so the rich could feel the pain of hunger and (consequently) pay attention to the poor.

This explanation is incorrect, even though it has been stated by some of the early scholars.

The correct explanation is that Allāh obligated fasting for his worship and obedience.

《يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُون》َ
O you who believe, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you so that you may attain taqwa.

(Al-Baqarah 2:183)

So it is befitting for acts of worship to remain as acts of worship. This does not negate the fact that there may be other reasons (for their legislation), but we worship Allah through fasting, the prayer, zakāt and hajj, due to what they contain of the expression of tawhēd, obedience, submission, humility and other than that.

Perhaps you find some of them saying 'the prayer is exercise', 'fasting is dieting', 'Hajj is sight-seeing'.

Whoever goes for Hajj on the basis that it is sight-seeing has not performed Hajj. Whoever prays on the basis that it is exercise has not prayed. Whoever fasts on the basis that it is dieting has not fasted.

《وَمَآ أُمِرُوٓا۟ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ حُنَفَآءَ》
And they were not commanded except to worship Allah, [being] sincere to Him in religion [being] upright.

(Al-Bayyinah 98:5)

So we are ordered to be sincere to Allāh in worship.

If the prayer was (obligated for) exercise what would be the benefit of the prayer upon the riding beast with faith? what exercise is in the prayer in the state of fear with faith?, what is the benefit of the paralysed person fulfilling his prayer with faith?

["صَلِّ قَائِمًا، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَقَاعِدًا، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَعَلَى جَنْبٍ ".]
Pray standing and if you cannot then (pray) sitting and if you cannot then (pray) on a side. (AlBukhāri 1117)

If fasting was (obligated for) dieting - many of the people already diet and it would not have been obligated upon the poor - if it was (obligated) on the basis of dieting.

Thus, everything Allāh has obligated is worship. So we must perform it as an act of worship for Allāh, gaining closeness to Allāh by doing it.

And it is Allāh alone from whom aid is sought.
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2. Furthermore, it has been brought to my attention by one of the noble members -may Allāh reward them abundantly- that this post contains some inconsistencies;

a- the quote attributed to Ibnul Qayyim doesn't exist in any of his works, let alone the reference mentioned above.

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◾Important Fatwa concerning Zakāt ul fitr◾️

Answered by our Shaykh, the 'Allāmah, the Trustworthy Advisor, Abu 'Abdirrahman Yahya bin 'Ali Al-Hajūri - may Allāh preserve him - on the 26th, Ramadhān, 1439H

📥Question:

When does the time of zakāt ul fitr begin? And when does it end? And what are the types which zakāt is given from? And is flour given, and is money given?


📤Answer:

The time for Zakāt ul fitr: It is for the breaking of Ramadhān, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ made obligatory Zakāt ul fitr of Ramadhān a sā'a (four handfuls with both hands) of dates or a sā'a of barley upon the male and the female and the free and the slave and the small and the big from the Muslims, it is to be given before the eid prayer, this is what is incumbent, that it is given before the prayer, and after the prayer it is not considered zakāt ul fitr, it is considered charity from the rest of the charitable donations unaccepted as zakāt ul fitr, and some people of knowledge have delved into this issue and that it is from the means of broadening on the people and perhaps his situation is tight, and perhaps the haste of the eid prayer will cause him to forget, so there is no problem to give it on the night of eid or before that by a day.

As for giving it in the middle of Ramadhān or in the beginning, or from the last ten then it is not accepted due to the hadith:

من أحدث في أمرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو رد

"Whoever introduces into this affair of ours what is not from it will have it rejected."

And the hadith:

إن الله حد حدودا فلا تعتدوها

"Verily Allāh made limits so do not transgress them."

These are limits clarified by the Book and the Sunnah, it is not accepted from the last ten, there is no evidence for this, but (we act) according to what the evidence has come with.

So this is its time, the day of eid before the prayer, and if the affair becomes restricted as has preceded, this is its beginning time, it's end time is when the imām begins the prayer, the time has ended for giving zakāt ul fitr.

And it is better to be from barley or dates, upon what the hadith of Ibn Umar in the two Sahihs dictates, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ made Zakāt ul fitr obligatory a sā'a of barley or dates, this is what the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ made obligatory and we advise to seek this out, and a person should not say: barley has no value, it has a great benefit, and verily some people don't know how to make it and give focus to it, coffee can be made from it, and big bread, and it has many benefits, and it's benefits have been compiled in a juz'.

Also it is allowed to give from the most popular food source of that country, and the evidence for that is the hadith of Abī Saīd Al-Khudrī may Allāh be pleased with him that he said:

كنا نخرج زكاة الفطر صاعا من تمر أو صاعا من شعير أو صاعا من طعام أو صاعا من أقط، و في رواية: صاعا من زبيب

"We used to give as zakāt ul fitr a sā'a or dates or a sā'a of barley or a sā'a of foodstuff or a sā'a of jamīd."

And in a narration a sā'a of raisins

So these things mentioned were their most popular foodstuff, either from barley, or from dates, and they used to give from the most popular of foodstuff, so whoever it is made easy for him these five mentioned with what preceded he gives, and whoever does not find except the likes of rice or what him and his children regularly consume daily he gives from it and this is a good affair and allowed.

As for money then it is not acceptable for zakāt ul fitr, they would have introduced what is not from this religion, and what is not from the legislation of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and money was present and they were in upmost need of it to buy clothes and things they need but they never used to give it out as currency of gold and silver.

And those that said it suffices do not have with them except self discretion ahead of the text, conflicting and clashing with the text, so let the Muslims fear Allāh, the zakāt collectors for the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ used to take a young she-goat from the goats and give it to whoever was eligible for it:

والله لو منعنوني عناقا كانوا يؤدونها إلى رسول الله لقاتلتهم عليها

"Wallahi if they refrained from giving me a young she-goat that they used to give the Messenger of Allāh I would fight them for it"

This was stated by Abu Bakr - may Allāh be pleased with him -

And the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ prohibited that a billy goat be given as zakāt and he prohibited that refined zakāt be taken in a house, and it is like those that posses milk, and he said:

واتق كرائم أموالهم

"And beware of (taking) the prime of their wealth."

Meaning the virtuous of the cattle is not to be taken, but verily the medium of which there is no wrong done to the poor or the wealth, all of these proofs are a refutation upon those who take zakāt (al fitr) as money, they have no evidence for that.

And we have a religious verdict by the praise of Allāh we made it from the speech of a group of imāms, we mentioned it on our website on the internet.

And this is the text of the verdict

The ruling of giving Zakāt ul fitr as money?

All praise is to Allāh and salutations upon the one whom there is no Prophet after him

As to proceed:

For indeed it has circled amongst many people giving zakāt ul fitr as money that which made people ask about that a lot and there is no source or trace of knowledge, except mere opinion which is not aided by the evidence from the Book or the Sunnah or the understanding of the righteous predecessors, so having said that giving in the form of money is not acceptable.

1407 - Yahya bin Muhammad bin As-Sakn narrated to us, he said Muhammad bin Jahdham narrated to us, he said Ismā'ēl bin Ja'far narrated to us on the authority of 'Umar bin Nāfi' on the authority of his father on the authority of Ibn 'Umar may Allāh be pleased with them both said the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ made obligatory zakāt ul fitr a sā'a or dates or a sā'a of barley upon the free and the slave, and the male and the female, and the small and the big from the Muslims, and he ordered for it to be given before the going of the people to the prayer.

[Reported by Bukhāri and Muslim]

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_*🌙 A Brief Explanation of the Rulings of Zakat al-Fitr🌙*_

⏪• *What is the ruling of Sadaqah al-Fitr?*

💬Shaikh Bin Baaz said:

Zakat al-Fitr is obligatory on every Muslim, old and young, male and female, weather he is free or if he is a slave.

📚 Al Fataawa (14/ 197)
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*⏪• From what is Zakat al-Fitr to be given in?*

💬Shaikh Bin Baaz said:

It is to be given out as a measurement of food. That is a saa'a of dates or a saa'a of barley or a saa'a of raisins. Any of these types of food products is permissible. The scholars have also said, everything that the people of your particular land consider as their daily food such as rice or wheat or any grains etc.. is also permissible to be given as Zakat al-Fitr.

    NOTE: A Saa'a is approximately 3 kilograms.
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*⏪• When is the Zakat al-Fitr to be given out?*

💬Shaikh Bin Baaz said:

It is to be given out on the 28th day or the 29th day or the 30th. Even the night before the Eid Prayer, or the morning of the Eid but before the prayer.

📚Al Fataawa (14/32-33)
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*⏪• What is the reason behind giving out Zakat al-Fitr?*

💬Shaikh al-Uthaymeen said:

To show your grateful for the blessings of Allah the Most-High on the Eid with breaking your fast from Ramadaan and it's completion.

📚Al Fataawa (18-257)
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⏪• *And who is this Zakat al-Fitr to be give to?*

💬Shaikh al-Uthaymeen said:

It is not to be give out to anyone except the poor.

📚Al Fataawa (18/259)
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*⏪•What is the ruling on entrusting one's children or other than them to pay his Zakat al-Fitr?*

💬Shaikh al-Uthaymeen said:

It is permissible to entrust one's children to pay his Zakat al-Fitr for him when it is time. Even if at that time they send it from another country.

📚 Al Fataawa (18/262)
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*⏪•Is it permissible for the one that is poor to entrust someone else to collect his Zakat al-Fitr?*

💬Shaikh al-Uthaymeen said:

That is permissible.

📚 Al Fataawa (18/268)
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*⏪• Is there any specific dua or statement that one must say when he gives out his Zakat al-Fitr?*

💬We are not aware of any specific dua that one must say when he is distributing his Zakat al-Fitr.

📚The Permanent Committee of Scholars (9/3877)
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*⏪• Is it permissible to give out the value of the weight of the food stock as your Zakat al-Fitr?*
          
💬Shaikh al-Uthaymeen said:

*🔊Giving the Zakat al-Fitr out as money is not permissible. Verily it has been specified as food.*

📚Al Fataawa (18/265)
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*⏪• Is it necessary that the Zakat al-Fitr meets a certain quorum before you have to give it out?*

💬Shaikh Bin Baz said:

The Zakat al-Fitr does not have to meet any quorum, but it is mandatory on the Muslim to give it out on himself and everyone in his household, from his children and his wife and his slaves. If he has enough food for himself and all of them for a day and a night.

📚Al Fataawa (14/ 197)
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*⏪• What is the specific amount for Zakat al-Fitr?*

💬Shaikh Bin Baz said:

That which is incumbent is a single saa'a from the food of that country. And that amount in kilograms is approximately 3 kilograms.

📚Al Fataawa (14/ 203)
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*⏪• Is it permissible for the one paying his Zakat al-Fitr to give out in other than the land he resides?*

💬Shaikh Bin Baz said:

It is the Sunnah to dispence it amongst the needy in his own country. Because not sending out to other lands will help enrich the needy in his own country and ease their needs.

📚Al Fataawa (14/ 213)
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*⏪• Does one have to pay Zakat al-Fitr on the servants in his house?*

💬Shaikh al-Uthaymeen said:

*1.* These servants in his house, Zakat al-Fitr is mandatory upon them if they are from the Muslims.

*2.* But the basis of this Zakat is that it is upon the servants. But if he pays for them when he pays for his family there is nothing wrong with this.
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⏪• *Does one have to pay Zakat al-Fitr on the unborn child in the stomach of its mother?*

💬Shaik

h al-Uthaymeen said:

One does not have to pay Zakat al-Fitr on the child carried in it's mother's stomach because it is not present. But you can if you prefer.

📚 Al Fataawa(18/263)
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*⏪• Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Fitr to workers that are not Muslims?*

💬Shaikh al-Uthaymeen said:

No it is not permissible to give to anyone other than the needy from the Muslims.

📚 Al Fataawa (18-285)
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*⏪•Is the Zakat al-Fitr of one person only to be given out to one other person or can it be given to a number of different people?*

💬It is permissible to give one's Zakat al-Fitr to one person just as it is permissible to dispense it amongst a number of different people.

📚The Permanent Committee of Scholars (9/3777)
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*⏪•What is the ruling on after one receives Zakat al-Fitr he sells it?*

💬If it was his right to receive it, then it is permissible for him to sell it after he received it.

📚 The Permanent Committee of Scholars (9/3800)
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*⏪• What is the ruling on the one that delayed giving out his Zakat al-Fitr till after the Eid prayer without any justified excuse?*

💬Shaikh al-Uthaymeen said:

Delaying it until after the prayer is sinful and it is not accepted from him.

📚Al Fataawa (18-266).

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﴾And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.﴿

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Speaker: Abu 'Atiyah Mahmood bin Muhammad

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Dear Muslim, before you is a collection of Fatwas regarding Zakātul Fiṭr - answered by our Shaykh, Muḥammad ibn Hizām -may Allāh preserve him and make him a source of benefit for Islām and the Muslims-

NOTE: Some of these Fatwas follow on from one another, so it's best to read them in order.

1. What is the ruling of Zakātul Fiṭr?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/95

2. Is the slave-master required to give Zakātul Fiṭr on behalf of a non-believing slave?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/96

3. Is a Muslim slave required to pay Zakātul Fiṭr for himself if his slavemaster is a non-Muslim?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/97

4. Who has to give Zakātul Fiṭr for an orphan?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/98

5. Who has to give Zakātul Fiṭr for a married woman?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/99

He divorced his wife, does he still have to give Zakātul Fiṭr on her behalf?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/719

6. How rich must a person be before he is required to give Zakātul Fiṭr?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/101

7. Is Zakātul Fiṭr due on the newborn?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/102

8. When is it obligatory to give Zakātul Fiṭr?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/103

9. Do you have to give Zakātul Fiṭr for the deceased?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/104

10. Do you have to give Zakātul Fiṭr on the fetus that is still in the womb of the mother?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/106

11. Determining the Prophetic Ṣā‘?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/107

12. Is it permissible to exceed the required amount when giving Zakātul Fiṭr?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/108

13. What foodstuff can a person give as Zakātul Fiṭr?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/109

14. How much Zakātul Fiṭr do you have to give from the different foodstuff?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/110

15. How do you weigh flour for Zakātul Fiṭr?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/111

16. Is it permissible to give Zakātul Fiṭr as monetary funds?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/112

17. What if the ruler enforces a 'money only' policy for Zakātul Fiṭr?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/113

18. If you want to give dates for Zakātul Fiṭr, how do you calculate the weight?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/114

19. When is the deadline for submitting Zakātul Fiṭr?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/115

20. There's no poor people local to me, what do I do with my Zakātul Fiṭr?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/116

21. If the Zakātul Fiṭr is sent for distribution overseas, what time zone do they go by; that of the sender or the country of distribution?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/117

22. I only remembered to give Zakātul Fiṭr after the ‘Eid prayer
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/118

23. Who is deserving of Zakātul Fiṭr?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/119

24. What is the correct standard for measuring one Ṣā‘?
https://t.me/IbnhezamEn/120

بســـم اللــه الرحــمــن الـرحـــيــم


By our Shaykh, the 'Allāmah, the Trustworthy Advisor, Abu 'Abdirrahman Yahya bin 'Ali Al-Hajūri - may Allāh preserve him -

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Transcribed to Arabic and summarised by:
Hamūd Ath-Thawābi
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on the 18th, Ramadhān, 1440H

Translated by:
Abu 'Abdillah 'Omar bin Yahya Al-'Akawi

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