Home » Hanafi Fiqh » Qibla.com » What if one forgets to pay Zakat al-Fitr before Eid Prayer?

What if one forgets to pay Zakat al-Fitr before Eid Prayer?

Answered as per Hanafi Fiqh by Qibla.com

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

What if one forgets to pay Zakat al-Fitr before Eid Prayer?

Answer:
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Walaikum assalam,

It is not sinful to delay paying one’s zakat al-fitr until after the Eid prayer, though it is improper (and somewhat disliked) to do so, because it is recommended to pay it on Eid day, before the prayer, when possible. [Shaykh Zada/Halabi, Majma` al-Anhur Multaqa al-Abhur, 1.228; Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar]

Shaykh Zada said in Majma` al-Anhur, commenting on Imam Ibrahim al-Halabi’s Multaqa al-Abhur, which constitute the clearest commentary and primer, respectively, in the Hanafi school,

“(It is valid to pay it before) the day of Eid… (without any difference between [a short] period and [a long] period)… even hastened by ten years or more, as is the sound and chosen position mentioned in most recognized texts [of the Hanafi school, f: and this was confirmed as being the fatwa position in Haskafi’s Durr al-Mukhtar and Ibn Abidin’s Radd al-Muhtar]…

(It is recommended to pay the fitr charity before Eid prayer) after sunrise…

(However, the obligation) of fitr charity (is not lifted by delaying), and such a delay is not [f: prohibitively] disliked [f: rather, as Ibn Abidin states, it is somewhat disliked], even if long and will still be considered a current performance and not a makeup, though there is impropriety in it…” [Majma` al-Anur, 1.228]

And Allah alone gives success.

Wassalam,

Faraz Rabbani

قال شيخ زاده (رحمه الله تعالى) في مجمع الأنهر شرح ملتقى الأبحر للبرهان الحلبي (رحمه الله تعالى): ( وصح تقديمها ) على يوم الفطر … ( بلا فرق بين مدة ومدة ) , ولو عشر سنين أو أكثر , هذا هو الصحيح المختار كما في أكثر المعتبرات [ف:وكذا في الدر و رد امحتار] ( وندب إخراجها قبل صلاة العيد ) بعد الطلوع … ( ولا تسقط ) صدقة الفطر ( بالتأخير ) ولا يكره التأخير وإن طال وكان مؤديا لا قاضيا لكن فيه إساءة

قال سيدي محمد أمين ابن عابدين (رحمه الله تعالى) في رد المحتار: (ك: الزكاة ، ب: صدقة الفطر) ويتحصل من هذا الجواب أن الدفع إلى متعدد مكروه تنزيها ككراهة التأخير

This answer was indexed from Qibla.com, which used to have a repository of Islamic Q&A answered by various scholars. The website is no longer in existence. It has now been transformed into a learning portal with paid Islamic course offering under the brand of Kiflayn.

Read answers with similar topics: