Can Sadaqa al-Fitr Be Paid On Behalf of Other Mature Children?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
Can a parent pay Sadaqa al-Fitr for a child who is a teenager and has some wealth, or does the zakat have to come from the child’s wealth?
Answer
If the children are teenagers and live with you in a joint family and you pay Sadaqa al-Fitr on their behalf, there is no issue, and their Sadaqa al-Fitr will be paid. When children reach maturity (bulugh), a father usually carries out such tasks on behalf of his children.
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[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
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Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey.
He started his early education in the UK. He completed hifz of the Qur’an in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and Alimiyyah sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan.
He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for a number of years. He has taught hifz of the Qur’an, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults extensively onsite and online in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK as a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences.
He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His personal interest is his love of books and gardening.
