Expiation for Intercourse in Ramadan and Its Allocation to Relief Efforts
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The questioner:
Three weeks ago, one of the brothers brought us two thousand seven hundred riyals: one thousand two hundred for the benefit of the Muslims of Africa, and one thousand five hundred for the benefit of the Union of Mujahideen, Abd al-Razzaq. He instructed me to give it to Your Eminence. We ask Allah to grant them patience through supplication, of course. He is also one of the visiting students. Yes, I want to tell you. O Allah, I say. One of the brothers also asked me, saying that he had intercourse with his wife in Ramadan, and he is unable to fast, and he wants to make the money for the expiation into funds to give to those affected by the famine in Africa, or to the Mujahideen of Afghanistan. Is that valid?
The Shaykh:
If this is divided among sixty poor people, if it goes there, he said, do not divide it among sixty. So this expiation is divided among sixty poor people. If he is unable to fast or free a slave, then he divides the expiation among sixty poor people, giving each one half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), approximately one and a half kilograms for each person of dates, or of barley, or of wheat, or of raisins, or of
The questioner:
approximately one kilogram.
The Shaykh:
Ninety.
The questioner:
If Allah wills.
The Shaykh:
They sell it to you. Yes.
The questioner:
And it benefits the misguided.
The Shaykh:
This repentance to Allah is with us.
The questioner:
And does this benefit us, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
He must repent to Allah, and the expiation is upon him; he must repent along with the expiation. Yes.
Three weeks ago, one of the brothers brought us two thousand seven hundred riyals: one thousand two hundred for the benefit of the Muslims of Africa, and one thousand five hundred for the benefit of the Union of Mujahideen, Abd al-Razzaq. He instructed me to give it to Your Eminence. We ask Allah to grant them patience through supplication, of course. He is also one of the visiting students. Yes, I want to tell you. O Allah, I say. One of the brothers also asked me, saying that he had intercourse with his wife in Ramadan, and he is unable to fast, and he wants to make the money for the expiation into funds to give to those affected by the famine in Africa, or to the Mujahideen of Afghanistan. Is that valid?
The Shaykh:
If this is divided among sixty poor people, if it goes there, he said, do not divide it among sixty. So this expiation is divided among sixty poor people. If he is unable to fast or free a slave, then he divides the expiation among sixty poor people, giving each one half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), approximately one and a half kilograms for each person of dates, or of barley, or of wheat, or of raisins, or of
The questioner:
approximately one kilogram.
The Shaykh:
Ninety.
The questioner:
If Allah wills.
The Shaykh:
They sell it to you. Yes.
The questioner:
And it benefits the misguided.
The Shaykh:
This repentance to Allah is with us.
The questioner:
And does this benefit us, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
He must repent to Allah, and the expiation is upon him; he must repent along with the expiation. Yes.
Source
ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 57 — archive.org (13:10)
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