Feeding the Poor Instead of Fasting in Expiation
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Question:
One of the sisters is asking, saying: Is it permissible to feed the poor instead of fasting in the kaffarah (expiation)?
Answer:
In the expiation for an oath, one is given the choice between feeding, clothing, and freeing a slave; one is given the choice among them. If he does not find the means, he fasts for three days. So there is a sequence and a choice in it. As for the other expiations, no, feeding is not permissible. For example, the expiation for killing: if he stabbed, or the expiation for zihar, feeding does not suffice unless he is unable to free a slave and unable to fast, in which case he feeds. There is a sequence. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
One of the sisters is asking, saying: Is it permissible to feed the poor instead of fasting in the kaffarah (expiation)?
Answer:
In the expiation for an oath, one is given the choice between feeding, clothing, and freeing a slave; one is given the choice among them. If he does not find the means, he fasts for three days. So there is a sequence and a choice in it. As for the other expiations, no, feeding is not permissible. For example, the expiation for killing: if he stabbed, or the expiation for zihar, feeding does not suffice unless he is unable to free a slave and unable to fast, in which case he feeds. There is a sequence. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/193 — archive.org (12:43)
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