Question:If the Fast-breaking Zakat is take out, then it is mixed with the rest of the money. Is it obligatory to take another amount out with the intention of paying Fast-breaking Zakat, and to pay rest of money?

Answer:In the name of Allah, if the taking out happens before the confirmation of the crescent moon of Eid, it does not affect the mixing of money because the whole money is his. He only needs to take out the amount of Fast-breaking Zakat. On the other hand, if it is proven after the crescent moon of the Eid and the taking out was in the intention of designating what must be paid to the deservers, then he must discharge his liability and pay the amount of Fast-breaking Zakat. This is if he cannot recognize the amount of Fast-breaking Zakat of the total amount of money. If it is possible, as if he had two or three bills of money, it is better to make a draft to designate the money of the Fast-breaking Zakat and other money. If it is possible to pay them all, then it is what should be designated. Allah knows best.

Question:It is stated that the Fast-breaking Zakat cannot be transferred to a country outside the country of payer of the Fast-breaking Zakat. Is a resident of Iraq, for example, not permitted to transfer it to Iran or is a resident in Baghdad not permissible to transfer it to Karbala? Or is a resident in Baghdad- Karkh side not permissible to transfer to Risafa side of Baghdad?

Answer:In the name of Allah, what is meant the country is the city where the payer lives not the state. The people of Baghdad do not transfer to Najaf and vice versa. Yes, it is possible to make use of the narrations emphasizing that Fast-breaking Zakat is given to the nearest in the same city, unless the farther needs the Fast-breaking Zakat more than the nearest. Allah knows best.

Question:If a person is assigned to collect Fast-breaking Zakat in mosques or Husseiniat, the Fast-breaking Zakat of one person, for example, is twenty thousand dinars, so he paid a cash bill of (25) thousand dinars. Is it permissible for this collector to return five thousand dinars from this money?

Answer:In the name of Allah, it is permissible. Allah knows best.

Question:If Fast-breaking Zakat is collected in one fund and the Fast-breaking Zakat of the Sayed and non-Sayed is mixed, should the money raised in this fund only be given to the non-Sayed?

Answer:In the name of Allah, as in the question, the Fast-breaking Zakat may not be given to the Sayed for the total knowledge of the prohibition of some (non-Sayed) of the total. Allah knows best.

Question:If the guest comes before sunset of the night of the Eid and stays at the host’s house; eating, drinking and sleeping until the morning of the Eid day, shuold his Fast-breaking Zakat be paid by the host in this case?

Answer:In the name of Allah, Yes. Fast-breaking Zakat should be paid by the host. Allah knows best.

Question:If I were invited to break the fast in a house on the 29th of Ramadan, and then it is announced that the next day is the first day of Eid, should my host pay my Fast-breaking Zakat?

Answer:In the name of Allah, If you spent the night of Eid as in the question at the host’s house, then the host is responsible for your Fast-breaking Zakat. If you left the house after breakfast, you are responsible for your Fast-breaking Zakat. Allah knows best.

Question:If one pays more than the due amount for compensating fasting Ramadan, for example paying a kilo for each day, even if the due is three quarters of a kilo?

Answer:In the name of Allah, it suffices, and the increase is not considered as part of the compensation.

Question:Regarding the compensation of not fasting the coming Ramadan, is it permissible to use salt and sugar?

Answer:In the name of Allah, sugar or salt are not enough to be as compensation. Allah knows best.

Question:If one pays more than the due amount in the Fast-breaking Zakat or its value as if paying ten kilos to three people or ten thousand pounds, but the estimated value of nine thousand pounds, is he discharged?

Answer:In the name of Allah, Yes, he is discharged. The increase is not considered part of the Fast-breaking Zakat. Allah knows best.

Question:Is it permissible to replace Fast-breaking Zakat with salt or sugar?

Answer:In the name of Allah, sugar or salt are not enough to replace the Fast-breaking Zakat. Allah knows best.