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Question:If a person does not know that Zakat al-Fitr should be given in the form of common food items and instead gives cash, believing it to be Zakat al-Fitr without intending it as a substitute, and without the intention of substituting it for the value of the food, but rather thinking that the cash itself is Zakat al-Fitr out of ignorance of the rule, does it suffice or not?
Answer:In the name of Allah, It suffices in the scenario described. Allah knows best.
Question:If someone gives another person Zakat al-Fitr, thinking that person deserves and is poor, is it obligatory for the recipient to return it and inform the giver that they do not deserve it?
Answer:In the name of Allah, in the given scenario, it is obligatory for the recipient to do so. Allah knows best.
Question:Q1. Is it obligatory in Fast-breaking Zakat to pay the same money that the fasting person has paid? Is it permissible to pay another money, either from the same crop or from another? Noting that the money we pay to the poor is not the money that the fasting person has taken out? Question 2: A fasting person in Russia should pay Fast-breaking Zakat in a Russian currency. Is it permissible to transfer it through the bank?
Answer:If the designation is before the confirmation of the crescent moon of Eid, what is taken out by fasting person does not have to be Fast-breaking Zakat, but is still his money. It is only regarded as Fast-breaking Zakat after handing over to the poor, to his representative or to the competent religious authority who meets all the conditions of issuing the fatwa, who is the representative of the poor and rich and their guardian. However, if designation of the Fast-breaking Zakat is after confirmation of the crescent moon of Eid - unless there is a need in the conversion and exchange as an example of the Russian currency – the same amount which is taken out should be delivered to the poor, his representative or his guardian. In case of changing the currency, the representative or the guardian should be informed to have the approval, for it is part of the sale which is not true without satisfaction of the parties. Allah knows best.
Question:If I have taken out the amount of Fast-breaking Zakat to give it to the poor, but I have forgotten, and when I came out I met this poor, which of the following is true: 1. Giving another amount to the poor under the title of debt, and taking a permission from him to pay the debt from the Fast-breaking Zakat which I have already taken out? 2. Giving another amount to the poor entitled Fast-breaking Zakat. As for the second amount taken out, it will be paid with the intention of giving charity or absolute closeness to Allah?
Answer:In the name of Allah, the first option is correct and better. As for the second, it is not permissible to pay the other money to the poor according to the definition of Zakat. The issue can be dealt with in one of the two ways: having an act of compensating between the poor and you that you buy the designated Fast-breaking Zakat with what you pay to the poor or you can go back to the debt that you have mentioned. All this if the taking out is after the crescent moon is confirmed. But before confirming the crescent moon, the money is yours, and you can use it as you like to pay the Fast-breaking Zakat. Allah knows best.
Question:If the Fast-breaking Zakat is take out, then it is mixed with the rest of the money. Is it obligatory to take another amount out with the intention of paying Fast-breaking Zakat, and to pay rest of money?
Answer:In the name of Allah, if the taking out happens before the confirmation of the crescent moon of Eid, it does not affect the mixing of money because the whole money is his. He only needs to take out the amount of Fast-breaking Zakat. On the other hand, if it is proven after the crescent moon of the Eid and the taking out was in the intention of designating what must be paid to the deservers, then he must discharge his liability and pay the amount of Fast-breaking Zakat. This is if he cannot recognize the amount of Fast-breaking Zakat of the total amount of money. If it is possible, as if he had two or three bills of money, it is better to make a draft to designate the money of the Fast-breaking Zakat and other money. If it is possible to pay them all, then it is what should be designated. Allah knows best.
Question:It is stated that the Fast-breaking Zakat cannot be transferred to a country outside the country of payer of the Fast-breaking Zakat. Is a resident of Iraq, for example, not permitted to transfer it to Iran or is a resident in Baghdad not permissible to transfer it to Karbala? Or is a resident in Baghdad- Karkh side not permissible to transfer to Risafa side of Baghdad?
Answer:In the name of Allah, what is meant the country is the city where the payer lives not the state. The people of Baghdad do not transfer to Najaf and vice versa. Yes, it is possible to make use of the narrations emphasizing that Fast-breaking Zakat is given to the nearest in the same city, unless the farther needs the Fast-breaking Zakat more than the nearest. Allah knows best.
Question:If a person is assigned to collect Fast-breaking Zakat in mosques or Husseiniat, the Fast-breaking Zakat of one person, for example, is twenty thousand dinars, so he paid a cash bill of (25) thousand dinars. Is it permissible for this collector to return five thousand dinars from this money?
Answer:In the name of Allah, it is permissible. Allah knows best.
Question:If Fast-breaking Zakat is collected in one fund and the Fast-breaking Zakat of the Sayed and non-Sayed is mixed, should the money raised in this fund only be given to the non-Sayed?
Answer:In the name of Allah, as in the question, the Fast-breaking Zakat may not be given to the Sayed for the total knowledge of the prohibition of some (non-Sayed) of the total. Allah knows best.
Question:If the guest comes before sunset of the night of the Eid and stays at the host’s house; eating, drinking and sleeping until the morning of the Eid day, shuold his Fast-breaking Zakat be paid by the host in this case?
Answer:In the name of Allah, Yes. Fast-breaking Zakat should be paid by the host. Allah knows best.
Question:If I were invited to break the fast in a house on the 29th of Ramadan, and then it is announced that the next day is the first day of Eid, should my host pay my Fast-breaking Zakat?
Answer:In the name of Allah, If you spent the night of Eid as in the question at the host’s house, then the host is responsible for your Fast-breaking Zakat. If you left the house after breakfast, you are responsible for your Fast-breaking Zakat. Allah knows best.
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