On Behalf of Whom Should One Give Sadaqah Fitr?

1. For females it is only waajib for them to give Sadaqah Fitr on behalf of themselves.
2. Neither is it waajib for females to give the Fitrah of their children, nor of their parents and nor of their husbands.
3. For males it is waajib to give the Fitrah for themselves and on behalf of their na-baaligh (under the age of majority) children.
4. However, if a child has wealth and is classified in the Shariah as wealthy, then the father can give the child’s Fitrah from the child’s wealth.
5. It is not waajib for the father to give Sadaqah Fitr for his baaligh children (15 years of age and older).
6. However, if any child is mentally handicapped (not of sane mind) then the father should give on that child’s behalf even though the child is of majority age.

(Behshti Zewar)