Is it necessary to say to the person you give zakah or fitrah that what you give is zakah or fitrah?
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According to Hanafis, it is not necessary to say to the person you give zakah that what you give is zakah.
According to Shafiis, it is not necessary to say to the person you give zakah that what you give is zakah, either. (Majmaul-Anhur, I/1961)
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