مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ٤٢١ - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS RELATING TO ZAKAT

MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS REGARDING ZAKATUL FITR
٢٠٣٢. One should give Zakatul fitra with the intention of qurbat i.e. complying with the orders of the Almighty Allah and should make the intention of fitra whilegiving it.
٢٠٣٣. It is not in order to give fitra before the month of Ramazan, and it is better that it should not be given even in the month of Ramazan. However, if a persongives loan to a poor person before Ramazan, and adjusts the loan against fitra. when payment of fitra becomes obligatory, there is no harm in it.
٢٠٣٤. It is necessary that wheat or any other thing, which a person gives as fitra is not mixed with another commodity or dust, and in case it is mixed and the purething is as much as a saa (about ٣ kilos) or the quantity of the thing mixed with it is so small that it can be ignored, there is no harm in it.
٢٠٣٥. If a person gives firm in the form of a defective thing it is not sufficient.
٢٠٣٦. If a man gives fitra for a number of persons, it is not necessary for him to pay it with the same commodity. For example, if he gives fitra of some of them inthe shape of wheat and for others in the shape of barley, it is sufficient.
٢٠٣٧. If a person offers Eidul fitr prayers, he should, on the basis of obligatory precaution, give Fitra before Eid prayers. However, if he does not offer Eidprayers he can postpone Giving Fitra till midday.
٢٠٣٨. If a person sets apart a portion of his property with the intention of fitra. and does not give it to a person entitled to it till midday of Eid day, heshould make intention of fitra as and when he gives it.
٢٠٣٩. If a person does not give fitra at the time when payment of Zakatul fitr becomes obligatory and does not also set it apart, he should give Fitra later on thebasis of precaution without making the intention of ada or qaza.