Zakah fitr for unborn child.
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
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this question:
JUST TODAY I AM TOLD BY ME FRIEND THAT IT IS WAJIB TO GIVE
ZAKATUL FITR FOR UNBORN BABY (FETUS). PLEASE ADVISE.
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Answer:
Zakah fitr for
unborn child
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
To the best of our knowledge, there is nothing in the
authentic and established Sunnah which declares that one is liable to pay
‘zakat-ul-fitr’ for an unborn child. If
one’s child is born before the Eid prayer, then indeed the guardian/leader of
the family would be liable to pay ‘zakat-ul-fitr’ for their infant child. And Allah Alone Knows Best.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan