after sunset, it does not become binding upon him. If he was indigent at the time of the obligation, then became affluent during that night or that day, nothing is due upon him. If he was affluent at the time of the obligation, then became indigent, it does not lapse from him, due to consideration of the state at the time of the obligation. Whoever dies after the sunset of the night of Fitr, the charity of Fitr is due from him. Ahmad stated this explicitly. Regarding what we have mentioned about the time of the obligation, this is the view of al-Thawri, Ishaq, Malik in one of the two narrations from him, and al-Shafi'i in one of his two opinions. Al-Layth, Abu Thawr, and the People of Opinion said: It becomes obligatory at the break of dawn on the day of Eid. This is also a narration from Malik, because it is an act of devotion related to the Eid, so its time does not precede the day of Eid, like the Udhiyah (sacrificial animal). Our argument is the statement of Ibn Abbas: "The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) made Zakat al-Fitr obligatory as a purification for the fasting person from idle talk and obscenity." Furthermore, it is attributed to the breaking of the fast (al-fitr), so it becomes obligatory because of it, like Zakat on wealth; this is because attribution is evidence of specification, and the cause is more specific to its ruling than anything else. The Udhiyah does not relate to the break of dawn, nor is it obligatory, and it does not resemble that which we are discussing. Based on this, if the sun sets while a slave is sold within the option period, or a slave is gifted to him and he accepts but has not taken possession, or he buys him but has not taken possession, then the Fitra is upon the buyer or the recipient; because ownership belongs to him, and the Fitra is upon the owner. If a slave is bequeathed to him, and the testator dies before sunset, and the legatee does not accept until after the sun has set, then the Fitra is upon him according to one of the two views. The other view is that it is upon the heirs of the testator, based on the two views regarding the bequeathed item: does ownership transfer upon death or from the time of acceptance? If the legatee dies before rejecting and before accepting, and his heirs accept, and we say their acceptance is valid, is his Fitra upon the heirs of the testator or from the estate of the legatee?