 وأقول في القرآن ما جاءت به آياته فهو الكاريم المنزاله وأقول قال الله جل جلاله والمصطف الهدي ولا أتأوله الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على عبد الله ورسوله نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين في هذه الرمضان ورسوله سوف نتحدث عن رمضان as a time where we look after everyone and particularly as it relates to زكات الفتر الله عز وجل قد أفلح من تزكى وذكى رسم ربه فصله أمر بالعبد العزيز he said about this آية successful is the one who تزكى he purifies himself or gives the زكة and then remembers the name of his lord and prays أمر بن عبد العزيز said about this آية تزكى means زكات الفتر وذكى رسم ربه فصله and remembers the name of his lord and prays that is when he goes to the صلاة العيد so he gives the زكات الفتر then he remembers the name of الله عز وجل and he makes the تكبيرات and then he prays صلاة العيد he prays the prayer of عيد قد أفلح من تزكى that person is truly successful the one who gives the زكات الفتر and remembers the name of الله عز وجل and prays صلاة العيد that person is truly successful and as for the summary of the nature of the زكات الفتر عبد الله بن عباس narrated فرض رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم زكات الفطري تهرة للصائم من اللغوي والرفثي وطعمة للمساكين he said that the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم made obligatory the زكات الفتر in order to purify the fasting person from اللغوي والرفثي and سبحان الله all of us are fasting well it has to be that your fasting had a degree of اللغوي والرفثي a degree of if you like not giving it its juice not concentrating properly and some words that were said that shouldn't have been said maybe some anger at times perhaps some bad words that shouldn't have been said at times at rougheth it can be it can be evil words of speech any words of speech that shouldn't have been said ultimately we've talked about how everything is supposed to fast your eyes, your ears, your tongue, your hands, your legs all of them are supposed to fast how many of us can say the whole of Ramadan that was true that there were elements where we fell short and there were times when we exceeded or we went over the limits of Allah عز و جل with what Allah had commanded us to do there were times when our eyes and our ears and our tongue and our hands and our feet didn't fast the way they were supposed to and to purify this that is why we have زكات الفتر and in order to provide food for the miski and this is from the محاسين of Islam the beautiful features of Islam that we should all be proud of that Islam is not just a one-sided thing that is just about just about purifying yourself or looking after yourself rather the way you purify your fast is by looking after other people looking after the needy وطعمة للمساكين and a food for the people who are poor because on the day of Eid everyone should celebrate Eid everyone should be celebrating all those people that completed Ramadan they should be celebrating and it's not fair that the wealthy and those who are comfortable celebrate and those who are poor don't have enough food to eat rather the people who have they purify themselves and the way they purify themselves is by looking after the poor people the حديث continues من الصادقات من who ever gives it before the Salah before Salat of Eid it is a Zakat which will be accepted from them and whoever gives it after the Salah it's only a charity it's a basic charity it's not Zakat al-Fitr unless it's given before the Salat of Eid so this brings us to the issue of when the Zakat al-Fitr is to be given and the opinion that we're going to put forward and the one that we feel is the safer of the opinions is that it is counted as Zakat al-Fitr either on the night before Eid that is the night when there is no tarawih or one day or two days prior to that any one day or two days prior to that so the night when there is no tarawih that's the proper time for it the night when there is no tarawih but if a person gives it one day or two days before that then this is acceptable إن شاء الله تعالى based upon the hadith of ابني عمر رضي الله عنهما in which it said وكانوا يُعطون قبل الفطري بيومين أو يومين they used to give it before the Eid al-Fitr by a day or by two days and the hadith is narrated by البخاري رحمه الله تعالى so who is to pay the Zakat al-Fitr then? everyone who is able that's what Imam Shafi'a رحمه الله تعالى is narrated from him and this is what's the easiest way to explain it that everyone who is able to do so and everyone who has the provision for a couple of days worth of food a days worth of food and they have enough for themselves and their family for Eid then they are required to give Zakat al-Fitr and it's to be given from everyone in the household that is from the old the young those who fasted those who didn't fast even some of the scholars recommended it even though it's not an obligatory to be paid on behalf of the fetus that hasn't been born yet so it is to be paid on behalf of the whole household but who pays it? the one who pays it is the one who is the Munfiq the one who spends upon the household so the husband is the one who is spending upon his wife and his children he pays Zakat al-Fitr on their behalf he pays it on their behalf the one who typically spends upon you is the one who is responsible for paying Zakat al-Fitr on your on your behalf so who is it paid to? the Jumhoor the majority of the scholars they said it's paid to the people of the Zakat that are mentioned in the ayah إنما الصدقات والفقراء والمساقين to the end of the ayah and sort of toba however شيخ رسام وطيمير رحم الله تعالى he said it's only for specifically for the first two categories so it's not for the all categories of the Zakat but it's specifically for the فقير and the مسكين that's who it's particularly targeted towards the poor person either the one who is فقير or مسكين the one who is totally got no money at all or the one that has money but it's not enough for their basic needs so the person who would be eligible for the Zakat because of poverty that's the one that it is that it is paid to and it's better for a person to distribute it themselves it's better for a person to distribute it for themselves but there is no harm and an Imam know he mentioned this in his مجموع رحمه الله تعالى he said it's better أن يفرق الفطرة بنفسه the best thing is for the person to give out or organize the Zakat الفطرة for themselves but if the person ولو دفعها إلى الإمام أو السعي أو من تجمع عنده الفطرة للناس if a person gathers together and he gives it to the Imam or gives it to the person who goes around or he gives it to the one who usually gathers the Zakat الفطرة like a charity and he وأذين له في إخراجها أجزاءته he said if he then goes and gives permission for that person he says to that person you have the permission to go and take it on my behalf and distribute it then this is acceptable but he said لكن تفريقه لكن تفريقه بنفسه أفضل من هذا كله but if for him to give it out by himself is better than that is better than that all of all of those things so here what we would say a lot of people ask the question is okay I know how to give it I know who it should be given to but how do I how do I actually do this we would say that you should begin if possible with the people that are near to you some of the scholars they even preferred if you can give it to the relative that is needy who is if you know of a relative or a neighbor who is needy you give it to them if not look at the people in your home area your city or your locality instead of looking at people across the world in a different place first make sure that the people in your locality are being taken care of and that they're getting what they need and that is the أصل in the ذكاء تأخذوا من أغنياءهم فتوردوا في فقرائهم is taken from the rich of that place and given to the poor of that place that's the that أصل in it that's the that's the basic principle in it however there is no harm in paying it abroad if it becomes difficult for a person or the person can't find someone or doesn't think they'll be able to find someone but especially in these times that we're in right now and especially with the difficulties that a lot of people are having financial difficulties at this time I believe that if you look around you'll find people deserving of it but if because of restrictions you're limited and you're stuck in the house you can't go out for example and you can't you're struggling to find somebody who is needy then if you give it to somebody like a charity or something like that and you tell them to pay it on your behalf there is no harm in that but سكات الفتر and here's where we come to the next point سكات الفتر is something which should be given in food it should not be given in money there is no harm in you giving money to a charity and instructing them to purchase food with it but it's not acceptable for it to be given out in money and it's not considered to be سكات الفتر if it's given out in money it's only considered to be سكات الفتر if it's given in food and the amount to be given is a سار and a سار is a measure of volume not a measure of weight so where a lot of people go wrong in this is that they consider the سار to be a measure of weight it's not it's a measure of volume it's like a liter like liters or milliliters it's not a measure of weight because those things those foods the basic food types in the time of the Prophet ﷺ the ones that were considered the staple foods and سكات الفتر should be paid from the staple food the food people will benefit from like what's the main food that people store and eat the main sort of base ingredient that could be rice it could be wheat it could be dates if that's a country where dates are the staple food that people have in the home then you give it in one of these in one of these things and a سار is a measure of volume and for the purpose of سكات الفتر the safest opinion is that it's three liters however some of the scholars said if you go with three kilograms you'll be fine because three kilograms even though it's a measure of weight will always be more than three liters in almost everything in rice in dates in everything if three kilograms would be more than you could pack into the space of three liters which is approximately what the سار equates to so if a person does it in kilograms there's no harm in that and if a person gives more there's no harm in that it can be a سادقة it can be a سادقة for them and the سكات الفتر will be the obligatory amount and if they give it to one poor person there's no harm in that and if they spread it out among the family so one part of the family سكات الفتر goes to one poor person and one to another then there is no harm in that either and as we said if people are struggling in this time to find people because of issues with not being able to get out of the house or not being able to meet up with people then inshallah there is no harm in paying an organization like ليماما نو يمنشد to give it to someone who distributes the سكات الفتر and likewise included in that is paying an organization on the understanding and the need that that organization will purchase the food and distribute the food before the Eid prayer because if it's not before the Eid prayer it is سادقة من السادقات it's a type of sadaqa from the types of sadaqa so that's what Allah has made easy as to mention about the سكات الفتر and Allah is with you the most best والصلاة والسلام على بين محمد وعلى آله وصحبيه أجمعي السلام عليكم if you're enjoying these videos and you'd like to keep up to date with all of the courses we're going to be running make sure you head over to amauathome.com