 بالرحمة الله وبركاته سلام عليكم ورحمة الله مالذي يجب أن أقوم بعمله وكيف يجب أن أقوم بعمله؟ إن شاء الله أعوذ بالله السميع العليم من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وصر الله على محمد وآله الطيبين الطاهرين الله سبحانه وتعالى بعد أن أقوم بعمل كل منطف في هذا السكر and the holy month of Ramadan now comes the opportunity for the one to purify himself and to purify his wealth by paying an amount and a small amount of what is called zakat alms to the one who is in need in poverty and as the master has mentioned it is mandatory upon every individual by the sunset of the eve of the Eid al-Fatar so it's the last day of fasting and you have the sunset of that day the one who is adolescence he is baligh and he is sane, conscious and he is not poor that's one of the conditions that he has the means of paying the zakat is to give to the poor the one who is in need and he should give on his behalf number one so I give on my behalf the zakat al-Fatar first and then whoever is dependent on me I'm spending on them let's say the family the wife, the kids sometimes brothers sometimes even strange people I get fosters I get let's say have that type of you know generosity of helping the orphans so dependent on me in such case I have to give approximately three kilograms worth of let's say wheat barley dates raisins rice corn and such like to those who are in need and I can also substitute that and give the cash the money instead of paying or giving three kilograms of rice or wheat so I can send cash abroad let's say to the countries which are in need of the money of support and just give the cash so it's two options I can I can give the actual food itself or I can give cash to those who are in need Shaykhna how does this zakat how does it differ from the normal zakat that we pay annually what's the difference well the other type of zakat which is known as خمس خمس is different you pay twenty percent one fifth of your excess profits and unspent money that you have so you set a day in the year let's say every year let's say the first of Muharram or the first of of the month from Ozan or any date you set and then by the time of that the time the due of that date every year you pay the excess twenty percent of the excess money you have if you have one thousand pounds in your bank you just pay two hundred for example if you have ten pounds only twenty two pounds and so forth so that's different that's خمس is different than زكات الفطرة زكات الفطرة you just pay this amount it's only could be I don't know five pounds or four pounds it depends on the price of the wheat or the barley or whatever is there on that year so you pay that and that's it you don't have to pay the excess amount of your profits it's just the zakat so that's the difference but we have also the zakat of the cattle so you pay the zakat if you have excess amount of camel or sheep or cows or wheat barley dates and so forth that's the different issue and it belongs to the farmers those who work in agriculture in farming and so forth so we just have to pay the zakat of the moment شخل is it mandatory upon everybody is there anyone that's actually exempt from paying this paying this zakat the one who is exempt from paying the zakat is the one who has no money coming in during the year the one who is poor who is فقير and has no means of income no business let's say a person who you know hardly finds the bread of his of day to have some dinner or lunch they haven't got enough money to pay sometimes they're in debt huge debts they have to work so they are known to be poor in this case we pay the zakat for them and Mashallah there are millions of them in the world today especially in Asia and Middle East who are living in under the line of poverty even you know they're suffering a lot sometimes they sleep without even dinner so they are paid zakat for them specifically شخنة what about if I have dependence as I'm a father I have three children do I have to pay the zakat on their heads as well or is it just people who are below and that's it as I've mentioned the zakat should be paid to yes the dependence even children even a born child just recently born let's say he was born before even the eight you still have to pay the zakat let's say 2-3 days exactly even that newly born baby must be paid on behalf the zakat after by the father who is in the Wali so it's not a case of only those who are below to pay it no it's a case that it is upon every head or every member of the household exactly they have to pay this amount normally the father takes care of that and will pay on behalf of the whole family if somebody wants to contribute can they is that okay let's say if one of the sons is working or has some money or was given some presents some money as a present can he pay on behalf of his father and his family so this is in my household I've got 50 pounds his 30 pounds for the zakat is that okay is that acceptable yeah that's fun if you want to contribute and be generous that's fine you can basically pay the zakat it's up to you I mean if you want to pay you can pay as long as the zakat paid for those heads that's fine that's right that's right thank you for clearing that up Shaykh what happens if it is you know the final night the eve of Eid and I have guests at my house my brother's family or you know friends of the family come over am I responsible to pay for their the zakat of itala well there are two conditions number one if they arrive the guest arrives before the sunset of the eve of the Eid and number two with the consent of the host so if you agree that they come to you as a guest and you're going to serve them that's fine so whoever comes before the sunset let's say they come for the iftar last day iftar of the month for Ramadan it's the 29th or the 30th day of the month for Ramadan and they want to have the iftar in your house as the last day final day of the month if they come before the you know the sunset then with your consent that you're going to accept their being as your guests and that's fine no matter how many there are you have to pay there is a cut or iftar however if they come after the sunset so I think I remember once in my parents house we had we invited the Mawlana who read in our center and he came with his family and he remained in the car until the Adan was cold and then he came into our house for the iftar of the last day of the month so to avoid us to pay there is a cut so he knew the the message very well so he stayed in the car the Adan was cold finished and then he came inside the house so you can do this as well or you can ask your guests if you don't want to pay that to come after the Adan or the sunset so it's just because if they come to the house and the Hilal was you know seen was sighted the present and they were remained in your house in that time that period then you have to pay of course with the consent the Zakat al-Fatrah wow but as guests you are more than happy you are more than allowed to actually contribute to that know if I came to someone's house on the final night of Ramadan before Maghrib time the Adans happened I'm there and I said oh here's my family there's five of us you know here's our contributor here's 30 pounds for the Zakat al-Fatrah is that okay is that acceptable or the landlord or the person the head of the house has to pay for everybody there now as I've mentioned you need the consent of the host but if you as a guest want to pay it that's fine you can contribute it's your choice whoever pays what is important that it has to be paid on all the heads in that house at the end of the of the Eid that's important so Shaykhna who do I pay my Zakat al-Fatrah too and should it go to a just moment an ideal person well you have to pay the Zakat al-Fatrah to those who believe in the life of the people of the house and they shouldn't be just or ideal 100% you know if you know them they are mu'minin they come to the centers the mosque in overall they are mu'minin that's fine you pay them Zakat al-Fatrah in overall they are mu'minin they believers pious believers however what they say it says here that it should not be given as a obligatory precaution it should be to the one who drinks alcohol God forbid or to the one who openly practices disobedience he does adultery and so forth such person the Zakat al-Fatrah won't be paid to him or to her otherwise if you know him a mu'minin in overall that's it you just give it to that poor mu'minin the Zakat al-Fatrah and is there a difference between giving it to a sayed and a non-sayed as in can a non-sayed give his Zakat al-Fatrah to a sayed or are there rules pertaining to that well according to sayed he says that it is not permissible as a precaution as a احتياط for one who is a non-sayed like me myself for example as a sheikh to give the Zakat al-Fatrah to a sayed let's say to you for example you're in a situation need Zakat you're a sayed I'm not allowed so a non-sayed cannot give Zakat al-Fatrah to a sayed so that's what we have I'm sure you've seen this in many centers and mosques they put two boxes one for the sayed for the sad and one for the non-saada so for me I have to put on the box which says for the non-sayeds and then you as a sayed for so it's important that we ask for who to pay for when it comes to the Zakat al-Fatrah it's important because sometimes it gets mixed you know who shall I give it to sometimes they give it to the sayeds and they're not sayeds so we have to make sure that it reaches the right people and the right category sayeds or non-sayeds شخص don't you think this is a bit prejudiced and a bit unfair that oh you know the sayed cannot receive Zakat from a non-sayed and don't you think this causes a bit of you know this unity between the Shi'a and Ummah well initially this is the of Allah SWT and the way of the Prophet the Sunnah of the Prophet so we follow whatever they say and number two we see that the khumus goes only for we have a khumus for the Sada this is specific specific and they don't get Zakat they're not allowed to get Zakat so that's actually some kind of giving them a high rank to the Sada that they get the khumus and they're not allowed to get the Zakat so I think it's vice versa it's given to the Sada to the sayeds a more high rank and high position and status that they don't get just normal Sadaqa أحسن شفن thank you very much and thank you to all the viewers for joining us إن شاء الله you will be able to pay your Zakat إن شاء الله with no issues whatsoever until next time السلام عليكم رحمة الله وبركاته