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more than 10 million Muslims live, to give grain that has
become rare and is of no need to the poor as Zakat Al-Fitr?
There is a big difference between the one who has food and
refrains from giving the poor and the one like a city dweller
who has nothing but money and does justice to the poor.
Zakat Al-fitr was made obligatory in order to help the poor
and make them not need to go from one place to another
seeking food on the day of `Eid while the rich enjoy their
wealth with their children. One should ask oneself: Does he
make a poor person in no need to go to the market if he
gives him a Sa` of dates or barley in a city like Cairo, for
example? Of course not, as the poor will surely go to
markets to sell them to have the money to buy suitable food
for their families! Thus, some of the Muslim scholars took
into consideration the objectives and permitted giving
Zakat Al-fitr from the common foodstuffs of the country;
this food is not even listed in the Shari`ah.
As for sending Zakah from one country to another, it is
permissible if there is a considerable reason: The country
where he lives is in no need of Zakah; another country is in