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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Type of Food in the Expiation of Feeding

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Question:
What is most beneficial for the one giving charity specifically regarding the expiation of feeding? Is it permissible to give a type of food or what the giver prefers?

Answer:
From the food of the country, from
the average of that which you feed your [own] familiesأَوْسَطِ مَا تُطْعِمُونَ أَهْلِيكُمْ
[Al-Ma'idah 5:89]
the moderate food of the country, yes.
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/130 — archive.org (9:39)

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

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