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Fatwa ID: 3664
Title: Zakat al-Fitr of Unborn Child
Category: Poor-due or obligatory charity (Zakaah)
Scholar: Dr. Main Khalid Al-Qudah
Date: 09/17/2007

Question

Assalamu Alaikum.

AlHamdulillah, Allah has blessed me and my wife with her first pregnancy. She is 4 months pregnant. I would like to know if we are required (or is it better) to give Zakatul Fitr for the fetus.

JazakAllah.


Answer
AA
No Zakat Al-Fitr required on behalf of the fetus. However, if you choose to pay it, it will be acceptable and rewardable in sha Allah.