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The Meaning of Kaffarah and the Reason for Its Name

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Question:
A questioner asks: What is the meaning of kaffarah? And why is it called by this name?

Answer:
Expiation means it expiates the sin and makes up for the obligatory act that was left. This is what expiation means; it means covering. In the language, expiation means covering. So the expiation covers the sin. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source شرح كتاب الصيام من كتاب هداية الراغب، شرح كتاب الصيام من هداية الراغب [3] — alfawzan.live (40:41)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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