Alms Tax: Giving Fitrah to Someone Claiming to be Poor

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Ayatullah Sistani

Ruling 2032

A person cannot give fiṭrah to someone who says he is poor unless he is confident that what he says is the truth or knows that he was poor previously.

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