1.         along with his family and affords his expenses himself (food, clothing etc.), then paying Fiṭrah on behalf of such offspring without his permission will not be valid.

2.         If a wife pays her husband’s Fiṭrah without his order, it will be invalid. (Bahar-e-Shari’at, pp. 69, part 5)

3.         Sadaqah-e-Fiṭr is Wajib for every such Muslim who is Sahib-e-Nisab at the time of Subh-e-Sadiq (dawn) on the day of Eid-ul-Fiṭr. If someone becomes Sahib-e-Nisab after Subh-e-Sadiq it is not Wajib for him to pay the Fiṭrah. (Fatawa ‘Alamgiri, pp. 192, vol. 1)

4.         Though the preferable time for paying Sadaqah-e-Fiṭr is that it be paid on Eid after Subh-e-Sadiq before offering Eid Salah, if it is paid on the night of Eid (before Subh-e-Sadiq) or any day during Ramadan or even before Ramadan it will still be valid. All these cases are permissible. (Fatawa ‘Alamgiri, pp. 192, vol. 1)

5.         If the day of Eid passed and somebody did not pay the Fiṭrah, the Fiṭrah will not lapse on this account. Fiṭrah will be considered valid whenever it is paid in the whole life. (ibid)

6.         Sadaqah-e-Fiṭr can be spent only where Zakah can be spent. In other words, Fiṭrah can be given to only those whom Zakah can be given to. (Fatawa ‘Alamgiri, pp. 194, vol. 1)

7.         It is not permissible to give Sadaqah-e-Fiṭr to the honourable descendants of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.