Is it sufficient to use cheap food for the expiation of feeding the poor?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. The Honorable Shaykh says: If a person is required to feed the poor, is it permissible to buy the cheapest type of rice and chicken, such as saying to the grocer, "Give me the cheapest type of rice and chicken you have"?
Answer:
Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:267] And the bad is the defective. The bad referred to here is the defective of food and other things, so it excludes the moderate. One is not required to give from the good, nor is it sufficient for him to give from the defective; rather, he gives from the moderate. [Al-Ma'idah 5:89] As Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said. And if he gives from the good, that is better. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good. The Honorable Shaykh says: If a person is required to feed the poor, is it permissible to buy the cheapest type of rice and chicken, such as saying to the grocer, "Give me the cheapest type of rice and chicken you have"?
Answer:
Allah the Exalted said:
And do not aim toward the defective therefrom, spending [from that] while you would not take it [yourself] except with closed eyes. And know that Allah is Free of need and Praiseworthy.
وَلَا تَيَمَّمُوا الْخَبِيثَ مِنْهُ تُنفِقُونَ وَلَسْتُم بِآخِذِيهِ إِلَّا أَن تُغْمِضُوا فِيهِ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ حَمِيدٌfrom the average of that which you feed your [own] families
مِنْ أَوْسَطِ مَا تُطْعِمُونَ أَهْلِيكُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7189- هل يجزئ في كفارة إطعام المساكين الطعام الرخيص؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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