The meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "of the middle of what you feed your families"
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Question:
Praise be to Allah. Regarding His saying, "with the average of what you feed your families," is there a specific intention behind this?
Answer:
It means feeding the poor from the middle range for the expiation of an oath. One is not commanded to give the best and most expensive food, nor is the worst sufficient; rather, it must be of the middle quality[Al-Ma'idah 5:89]. Yes.
Praise be to Allah. Regarding His saying, "with the average of what you feed your families," is there a specific intention behind this?
Answer:
It means feeding the poor from the middle range for the expiation of an oath. One is not commanded to give the best and most expensive food, nor is the worst sufficient; rather, it must be of the middle quality
from the average of that which you feed your [own] families
مِنْ أَوْسَطِ مَا تُطْعِمُونَ أَهْلِيكُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 26 من 27|وقفات مع آيات الصيام|فمن لم يجد فصيام ثلاثة أيام|صالح الفوزان|فقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (8:20)
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