The Expiation for Zihar and Its Order
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: A man pronounced zihar regarding his wife, and without knowing the expiation, he fasted for three days, thinking that would suffice, and his expiation was fasting.
Answer:
This is a mistake. The expiation for zihar, if the expiation is by fasting, is by fasting for two consecutive months. However, the expiation for zihar is ordered; it is not just fasting. Rather, before fasting comes freeing a slave, if he is able to free a slave, he must free a slave. If he does not find a slave, he fasts for two consecutive months. If he is unable to fast, he feeds sixty poor people. It is in this order, not a matter of choice. It is a debt upon the one who pronounced zihar, and he must hasten to fulfill it. He must also avoid his wife; he does not have intercourse with her until he expiates by freeing a slave or by fasting. He avoids her before they touch each other. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: A man pronounced zihar regarding his wife, and without knowing the expiation, he fasted for three days, thinking that would suffice, and his expiation was fasting.
Answer:
This is a mistake. The expiation for zihar, if the expiation is by fasting, is by fasting for two consecutive months. However, the expiation for zihar is ordered; it is not just fasting. Rather, before fasting comes freeing a slave, if he is able to free a slave, he must free a slave. If he does not find a slave, he fasts for two consecutive months. If he is unable to fast, he feeds sixty poor people. It is in this order, not a matter of choice. It is a debt upon the one who pronounced zihar, and he must hasten to fulfill it. He must also avoid his wife; he does not have intercourse with her until he expiates by freeing a slave or by fasting. He avoids her before they touch each other. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/223 — archive.org (6:37)
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