Paying Zakat al-Fitr

Paying Zakat al-Fitr: Clearing the debt and feeding the needy through the Ajoor website. Zakat al-Fitr is an obligatory duty, and if its time passes (at sunrise on the day of Eid or during the Eid prayer) and it is not paid, then it remains a debt in the Muslim's responsibility that is not discharged except by paying it. It is considered, in the case of those who pay it after Eid, as a charity from the charities, with the obligation to pay it as a debt. At Ajoor, we enable you to pay what you missed of Zakat al-Fitr easily and reliably, so we act on your behalf to deliver it to its deserving recipients from the needy. Why pay the missed Zakat al-Fitr through Ajoor? Clearing the responsibility: We help you fulfill the financial rights that are obligatory Islamically and which were not paid on time. Delivering trust: Al-Birr Society in Baljurashi commits to directing these funds to buy food and deliver it to the impoverished families and the registered needy in our records. Agency and authorization: Once you pay the amount, the society is officially authorized to implement on your behalf to feed the needy in Baljurashi Governorate and its villages. Service details: Amount: 20 Riyals per person. Targeted: The poor, the needy, and the widows registered with the society. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever pays it before the prayer, it is accepted Zakat, and whoever pays it after the prayer, it is charity among charities." Good deeds do not stop and rewards multiply. Fatwa about (the ruling on those who neglect to pay Zakat al-Fitr until its time has passed) (Question: This message is from Riyadh, received from the questioner brother (J. A. H), who says: Last year, I did not pay Zakat al-Nafs at the end of Ramadan, neither for myself nor for my family, without any excuse except laziness and negligence. I heard some scholars say: We have fasting without Zakat al-Nafs. I ask for clarification on this, and may Allah reward you well?) Answer: Zakat al-Fitr is an obligatory duty. It is established from the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, that he mandated Zakat al-Fitr for males and females, free and slave, young and old among Muslims, and ordered it to be paid before people go out to the prayer. All Islamic scholars agree on its obligation and that it is obligatory on all Muslims, males and females, young and old, free and slave. Zakat al-Fitr is due on every person, one Saa’ (measure) for oneself, and one Saa’ for one’s wife, and one Saa’ for each of one’s children, those whom one supports and provides for, and one Saa’ for one’s servant. The intended amount is one Saa’ for each person, and it must be paid before the prayer, as the Prophet ordered, meaning before the Eid prayer. If someone neglects or forgets and does not pay it, then it becomes obligatory to pay it later as a makeup, with repentance if it was deliberate. This is upon you, O questioner, to repent to Allah and to pay Zakat al-Fitr when Allah guides you. Pay it to the poor and needy, one Saa’ for each of those under your care. Repent to Allah for this delay and negligence. Whoever repents, Allah will forgive him. Repentance involves feeling remorse for past sins and sincerely intending not to return to them, quitting them, and being cautious of them. You must repent to Allah and regret what you have neglected, and you must deliver it to its rightful recipients with a sincere resolution not to return to such neglect. This is the obligation. Yes. The presenter: But fasting, for example, the acceptance of fasting... Sheikh: As for fasting, it is unrelated to that. Fasting... it is known that it is part of the completeness of fasting, as stated in the authentic hadith: "It is a purification for the fasting person from vain talk and foul language, and a provision for the needy." But neglecting it does not invalidate fasting. Fasting is correct, valid, and effective, but it is incomplete; it has a deficiency without this Zakat. Zakat compensates for that deficiency; it is like the prostration of forgetfulness in prayer. It compensates and completes. If it is delayed or neglected, or not performed intentionally, then this is a sin, and the person must repent. Repentance compensates for the deficiency; it is to regret past negligence and to perform the duty later. Yes. Link to the fatwa from the official website of Sheikh Ibn Baz, may Allah have mercy on him (click to view the fatwa).