Issue 865: At the end of Ramadhan, on the Feast of Fast (Eid-ul-Fitr), one should give alms as Zakat-ul-Fitra (Zakat-ul-Fitrah) to the poor.

Issue 866: One who fails to manage their own annual needs as well as their family’s, and has no business and occupation to earn living for their family, is considered a poor person and it is not obligatory for them to give Zakat-ul-Fitra.

Issue 867: If one’s child is born after the sunset on the Eve of Feast of Fast, or if someone is accounted his/her dependent, it will not be obligatory for him/her to give Zakat-ul-Fitra on behalf of them; however, it is a recommended precaution to give Zakat-ul-Fitra on behalf of those who are accounted one’s dependents after the sunset on the eve of Feast of fast, till before the midday of the Feast of Fast.

Issue 868: A person, whose Zakat-ul-Fitra are obligatory for someone else to pay is not obliged to pay it him/herself.

Issue 869: If it is obligatory for a person to pay the Zakat-ul-Fitra of another person, this obligation will not be eliminated if the latter him/herself pays his/her own alms.

Issue 870: A person, who is not a Sayyid (a descendant of the Holy Prophet), is not allowed to give their alms to a Sayyid; even if one’s dependent is a Sayyid; one is not allowed to give their alms to another Sayyid.