Is it permissible to pay the expiation for accidental killing in food?
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The first question of Fatwa No. ( 16647 )
Q1: Is it permissible to pay the expiation for accidental killing by giving food to sixty poor people according to one's ability, or must it be paid in a single lump sum?
A1: The expiation for killing does not include feeding; because Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) specified only two things in it, which are: freeing a slave, so whoever cannot free a slave must fast for two consecutive months,
Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:92] . And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q1: Is it permissible to pay the expiation for accidental killing by giving food to sixty poor people according to one's ability, or must it be paid in a single lump sum?
A1: The expiation for killing does not include feeding; because Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) specified only two things in it, which are: freeing a slave, so whoever cannot free a slave must fast for two consecutive months,
Allah the Exalted said:
then [instead], a fast for two months consecutively
فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ
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