✅Answer: Please pay attention to the following narrations:

1 عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّه فِي حَدِيثٍ قَالَ: وَ إِعْطَاءُ الْفِطْرَةِ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ أَفْضَلُ وَ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ صَدَقَةٌ

📚 Al-Kafi, vol. 4, p. 170

Imam Sadegh, peace be upon him, said: 'Paying Zakat al-Fitr is more virtuous before the (Eid) prayer, and after the prayer, it is considered alms.'

2 عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ بِلَالٍ وَ أَرَانِي قَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ بِلَالٍ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ هَلْ يَجُوزُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الرَّجُلُ فِي بَلْدَةٍ وَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ إِخْوَانِهِ فِي بَلْدَةٍ أُخْرَى يَحْتَاجُ أَنْ يُوَجَّهَ لَهُ فِطْرَةٌ أَمْ لَا فَكَتَبَ تَقْسِمُ الْفِطْرَةَ عَلَى مَنْ حَضَرَهَا وَ لَا تُوَجِّهْ ذَلِكَ إِلَى بَلْدَةٍ أُخْرَى وَ إِنْ لَمْ تَجِدْ مُوَافِقاً

📚 Al-Tahdhib, vol. 4, p. 88

Muhammad ibn Isa said: 'Ali ibn Bilal narrated to me, and I think I heard from Ali ibn Bilal who said: 'I wrote to the Imam, peace be upon him: 'Is it permissible for a person to be in one city while his brother is in another city and is in need, for Zakat al-Fitr to be sent to him or not?''

The Imam wrote in reply: 'You distribute Zakat al-Fitr among those who are present in that (city), and you do not send it to another city, even if you do not find a suitable recipient!'

3 عَنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْداللَّه قَالَ: كَانَ جَدِّي يُعْطِي فِطْرَتَهُ الضُّعَفَاءَ وَ مَنْ لَا يَجِدُ... الي ان قَالَ وَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ هِيَ لِأَهْلِهَا إِلَّا أَنْ لَا تَجِدَهُمْ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدْهُمْ فَلِمَنْ لَا يَنْصِبُ وَ لَا تَنْقُلْ مِنْ أَرْضٍ إِلَى أَرْضٍ وَ قَالَ الْإِمَامُ أَعْلَمُ يَضَعُهَا حَيْثُ يَشَاءُ وَ يَصْنَعُ فِيهَا مَا یَری

📚 Al-Tahdhib, vol. 4, p. 88

Imam Sadegh, peace be upon him, said: 'My grandfather used to give his Zakat al-Fitr to the weak and those who did not have anything,' until he said: Imam Sadegh, peace be upon him, said: 'Zakat al-Fitr is for its people (the people of the city) unless you cannot find them. So if you do not find its people, it is for those who do not have hostility, and it is not to be transferred from one land to another,' and he said: 'The Imam is more knowledgeable about it; he places it wherever he wishes and does with it what he sees fit!'

4 عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ دَرَّاجٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْداللَّه قَالَ: لَا بَأْسَ بِأَنْ يُعْطِيَ الرَّجُلُ عَنْ عِيَالِهِ وَ هُمْ غُيَّبٌ عَنْهُ وَ يَأْمُرَهُمْ فَيُعْطُونَ عَنْهُ وَ هُوَ غَائِبٌ عَنْهُمْ يَعْنِي الْفِطْرَةَ

📚 Al-Tahdhib, vol. 4, p. 331

Imam Sadegh, peace be upon him, said: 'There is no problem for a person to give Zakat al-Fitr on behalf of his family while they are absent from him, and (or) to instruct his family to pay Zakat al-Fitr on his behalf while he is absent from them!'

5 عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ وَ غَيْرِهِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْفِطْرَةِ فَقَالَ إِذَا عَزَلْتَهَا فَلَا يَضُرُّكَ مَتَى أَعْطَيْتَهَا قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ أَوْ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ.

📚 Al-Tahdhib, vol. 4, p. 77

Ishaq and others said: 'I asked the Imam (Sadegh, peace be upon him) about Zakat al-Fitr.' He said: 'If you set it aside, it does no harm whenever you pay it, whether before the prayer or after the prayer!'

6 عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْداللَّه قَالَ: فِي الْفِطْرَةِ إِذَا عَزَلْتَهَا وَ أَنْتَ تَطْلُبُ بِهَا الْمَوْضِعَ أَوْ تَنْتَظِرُ بِهَا رَجُلًا فَلَا بَأْسَ بِهِ.

📚 Al-Tahdhib, vol. 4, p. 77

Imam Sadegh, peace be upon him, said about Zakat al-Fitr: 'There is no problem if you set it aside and are looking for its recipient or waiting for a person for it!'

✅ According to the above and other narrations, if a person is traveling on the day of Eid al-Fitr, there will be two ways for them to pay Zakat al-Fitr:

1 According to narrations 1, 2, and 3 and others like them, they should pay their Zakat al-Fitr on the very day of Eid al-Fitr and in the city they have traveled to.

2 According to narration 4 , they can instruct their family in their hometown to pay the Zakat al-Fitr that is due on them on their behalf.

✅ Of course, given the permission to set aside Zakat al-Fitr and pay it after the prayer and at a later time, they can set it aside on the day of Eid and then pay it in their hometown, especially in situations where they cannot find a recipient for Zakat al-Fitr in the city they have traveled to.

Paying Zakat al-Fitr while traveling