The ruling on giving out food that the giver does not like as expiation
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Question:
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, regarding the expiation of feeding, is it permissible to give out a type of food that the giver does not like, while the one who eats it does like it?
Answer:
Allah the Exalted (Mighty and Majestic) said:[Ali 'Imran 3:92] And He the Exalted (Glorified and Exalted is He) said: [Al-Baqarah 2:267] meaning the bad [Al-Baqarah 2:267]. But charity is to be given from the good or the average, not from the bad, for it is forbidden, [Al-Baqarah 2:267] meaning the bad [Al-Baqarah 2:267]. So the Muslim gives charity from what he loves, [Ali 'Imran 3:92], [Al-Insan 76:8]. Yes.
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, regarding the expiation of feeding, is it permissible to give out a type of food that the giver does not like, while the one who eats it does like it?
Answer:
Allah the Exalted (Mighty and Majestic) said:
Never will you attain the good [reward] until you spend [in the way of Allah] from that which you love.
لَن تَنَالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتَّىٰ تُنفِقُوا مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَAnd do not aim toward the defective
وَلَا تَيَمَّمُوا الْخَبِيثَspending [from that]
مِنْهُ تُنفِقُونَAnd do not aim toward the defective
وَلَا تَيَمَّمُوا الْخَبِيثَtherefrom, spending [from that] while you would not take it [yourself] except with closed eyes
مِنْهُ تُنفِقُونَ وَلَسْتُم بِآخِذِيهِ إِلَّا أَن تُغْمِضُوا فِيهِNever will you attain the good [reward] until you spend [in the way of Allah] from that which you love.
لَن تَنَالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتَّىٰ تُنفِقُوا مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَAnd they give food in spite of love for it to the needy, the orphan, and the captive,
وَيُطْعِمُونَ الطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِ مِسْكِينًا وَيَتِيمًا وَأَسِيرًا
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/002 — archive.org (6:17)
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