Alms Tax: Appointing a Dependant as an Agent to Pay Their Own Fitrah

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Ayatullah Sistani

Ruling 2006

If a person appoints his dependant, who happens to be in another town, to be his agent in giving his [i.e. the dependant’s] fiṭrah from that person’s property, in the event that he is confident he will give the fiṭrah, it is not necessary for the person to give his dependant’s fiṭrah himself.

-Ayatullah Sistani, Practical Laws of Islam, Alms Tax (Zakat)