The amount of food to be given to a poor person as expiation for a prohibited act of ihram

Question:
I owe the expiation of feeding six poor people. What is the amount I should give to each poor person per day in kilograms? What is the recommended food to give? Where can I find poor people in the Haram? And is it sufficient if I give half a chicken with rice at the restaurant?

Answer:
Yes, feeding six poor people is for a prohibited act of ihram, such as shaving the hair, trimming the nails, applying perfume for the one in ihram, or covering the head for a man. This makes obligatory one of three things: either freeing a slave, or slaughtering a sheep, if one is unable to free a slave, slaughtering a sheep in Makkah and distributing it to the poor, or feeding six poor people, where each poor person receives half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of the food eaten in the country. The food eaten in the country, half a sa' is one and a half kilograms. It is not obligatory to put meat with it; if he puts meat with it, it is an addition of good and completeness. But if he gives food without a dish, the food is sufficient; he gives him rice or wheat, and if he adds meat to it, that is better and more excellent. Or he fasts for three days. We choose between these matters.