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Question:If one pays more than the due amount for compensating fasting Ramadan, for example paying a kilo for each day, even if the due is three quarters of a kilo?
Answer:In the name of Allah, it suffices, and the increase is not considered as part of the compensation.
Question:Regarding the compensation of not fasting the coming Ramadan, is it permissible to use salt and sugar?
Answer:In the name of Allah, sugar or salt are not enough to be as compensation. Allah knows best.
Question:If one pays more than the due amount in the Fast-breaking Zakat or its value as if paying ten kilos to three people or ten thousand pounds, but the estimated value of nine thousand pounds, is he discharged?
Answer:In the name of Allah, Yes, he is discharged. The increase is not considered part of the Fast-breaking Zakat. Allah knows best.
Question:Is it permissible to replace Fast-breaking Zakat with salt or sugar?
Answer:In the name of Allah, sugar or salt are not enough to replace the Fast-breaking Zakat. Allah knows best.
Question:It is permissible to pay the Fast-breaking Zakat as money. However, is it permissible to intend that using money instead of one of the crops or is it permissible to take out the money (the value of three kilos of one of the crops), without the intention? Many of the payers spend the value without knowing that it is worth three kilos i.e., they ask how much the Fast-breaking Zakat to pay the duty and answered, for example, three thousands Lebanese liras, they are only concerned with paying the Zakat to discharge their liability, neglecting the rules of Fast-breaking Zakat, and many of them do not intend to give money instead of the crops. There may be one crop with this value or many, but the payers pay the money without paying attention or determination of the replacement for it?
Answer:In the name of Allah, it is enough to pay money if it is achieved by one way or another the value of one of the crops which represent replacement for the Fast-breaking Zakat. Allah knows best.
Question:Is the obligation to pay Fast-breaking Zakat on the night of Eid only related to visiting other at the night of Eid, or do hosting and sleeping over have particular rules, keeping the obligation of providing the guest: a. If some people visited a him at Eid night, should any member of his family pay the Fast Breaking Zakat or Should only he (the breadwinner) pay it? b. If the breadwinner himself visited another person, should both of them pay the Fast Breaking Zakat or should the host (who is also a breadwinner) pay it? c. If the breadwinner himself visited another person, should both of them pay the Fast Breaking Zakat or should the host (who is also a breadwinner) pay it on behalf of the guests?
Answer:In the name of Allah, the host should pay the Fast Breaking Zakat of his guest who is to stay up over night at the former’s house.
Question:Some of the men of religion say that the amount of the Saa' is 3 Kg and 480 g. How much is the Saa 'according to the opinion of your Eminence?
Answer:In the name of Allah, Saa’ represents three Kg. Allah knows best.
Question:Which is better in giving Fast-breaking Zakat: wheat, barley, dates, raisins, or rice?
Answer:In the name of Allah, dates are better. Allah knows best.
Question:Is it permissible to pay Fast-breaking Zakat on the days of Ramadan?
Answer:In the name of Allah, it is not considered a Fast-breaking Zakat before Eid is confirmed, but it may be paid to the poor under the title of a loan and then considered as a Fast-breaking Zakat when the Eid is confirmed. Allah knows best.
Question:When should Fast-breaking Zakat be paid and when should it be taken out or isolated?
Answer:In the name of Allah, Fast-breaking Zakat should be taken out and isolated at the night of Eid and must be brought out before the end of the day of Eid. Deliberately delayed, one commits a sin and Fast-breaking Zakat will be in one’s charge till paying it. Allah knows best.
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