Question
If I distribute Zakat al-Fitr after the Eid prayer, is it considered a regular charity?
Answer
I say, and with God's success: this is the wording of the hadith, and its interpretation is that the reward and merit of the recommended act is lost by hastening its payment. If he does not give it before the Eid prayer, he must give it even after the prayer, and it is waived from him and counted as a charity among the charities. And God knows best.