Giving the poor person coins to buy the food for the expiation
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Question:
Iham. He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If I have ten poor people and I give each poor person ten riyals and say, go and buy food, is that sufficient?
Answer:
No, you do not give the poor person coins and tell him, go on, you are the one buying. Nor do you appoint someone to buy on his behalf, other than the poor person. You appoint someone other than the one who is entitled to it. If you give the one who is entitled to it the coins, he will be pleased with them and go and eat them all, and he will not give anything to anyone else.
Iham. He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If I have ten poor people and I give each poor person ten riyals and say, go and buy food, is that sufficient?
Answer:
No, you do not give the poor person coins and tell him, go on, you are the one buying. Nor do you appoint someone to buy on his behalf, other than the poor person. You appoint someone other than the one who is entitled to it. If you give the one who is entitled to it the coins, he will be pleased with them and go and eat them all, and he will not give anything to anyone else.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/135 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (54:01)
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