Assalam Alaekum & Ramadhan Kareem to u all.

Please I want to ask when one can start paying or giving the zakatul fitr?

Thank you.

Bismillaah ir Rahmaan ir Rahiim In The name of Allah, Most Compassionate, The Most Merciful. As salaamu alaykum, The peace be upon you, everyone.

I would suggest that you give as early in the month of Ramadhan, as is convenient for you.


Koran 2.274 Those who spend their wealth (in Allâh’s Cause) by night and day, in secret and in public, they shall have their reward with their Lord. On them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.



Ibn Abbas (MAPH) reported: the Messenger of Allah (SAWS) was the most generous of the men; and he was the most generous during the month of Ramadan when Jibril visited him every night and recited the Quran to him. During this period, the generosity of Messenger of Allah (SAWS) waxed faster than the rain bearing wind. (Al-Bukhari and Muslim).



http://www.salaattime.com/importance-of-charity-zakat-and-sadaqah-especially-during-ramadan/


Wassalaam. DevotedOne

wa alaykum salam wa rahmatullah wa barakatuhu
(http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/49793)

Zakaat al-fitr must be given on behalf of all Muslims, young and old, male and female, free and slave. With regard to a foetus, it is not obligatory to give it on his behalf according to scholarly consensus, but it is mustahabb, because ‘Uthmaan (may Allaah be pleased with him) did that.

It is also obligatory to give it before the Eid prayer, and it is not permissible to delay it until after the Eid prayer. There is nothing wrong with giving it one or two days before the Eid. Hence it is known that the earliest time when it may be given, according to the more correct of the two scholarly views, is the night of the 28th of Ramadaan, because the month may be twenty-nine or thirty days. The companions of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to give it one or two days before Eid.

Those to whom it must be given are the poor and needy. It was proven that Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) enjoined zakaat al-fitr as a purification for the fasting person from idle and obscene speech, and to feed the poor. Whoever gives it before the prayer, it is zakaat al-fitr, and whoever gives it after the prayer, it is ordinary charity. This was narrated by Abu Dawood and classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.

I thank u all very much for ur responses. May Allah bless u all. Ramadhan Kareem.