Clarification of the meaning of the fidyah (ransom payment) in taking locusts from the Haram
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In a question yesterday about a woman who took locusts from the Haram, you mentioned that she owes a fidyah (ransom payment). He asks: What is meant by the fidyah? Does she slaughter a sacrificial animal, or what does she do?
Answer:
The value of the locusts, the value of the locusts is what they are worth, and she gives that amount in charity. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In a question yesterday about a woman who took locusts from the Haram, you mentioned that she owes a fidyah (ransom payment). He asks: What is meant by the fidyah? Does she slaughter a sacrificial animal, or what does she do?
Answer:
The value of the locusts, the value of the locusts is what they are worth, and she gives that amount in charity. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2006] كفارة أخذ الجراد من الحرم - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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