Is expiation obligatory for a woman whose husband had intercourse with her in Ramadan, and she does not know whether it was before or after dawn?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. In another question, she says: A situation occurred with a woman regarding what happens between a husband and his wife in Ramadan, and she does not know the time; was it before the adhan of Fajr or during the adhan? This was about twenty-one years ago. What is required of her?
Answer:
We cannot answer unless we know whether the intercourse took place after the dawn had appeared. If it took place after the dawn had appeared, then each of them owes the expiation and making up that day. The expiation is freeing a slave[Al-Mujadila 58:4]. But if the intercourse took place before the dawn, then there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
May Allah reward you. In another question, she says: A situation occurred with a woman regarding what happens between a husband and his wife in Ramadan, and she does not know the time; was it before the adhan of Fajr or during the adhan? This was about twenty-one years ago. What is required of her?
Answer:
We cannot answer unless we know whether the intercourse took place after the dawn had appeared. If it took place after the dawn had appeared, then each of them owes the expiation and making up that day. The expiation is freeing a slave
And he who does not find [a slave] - then a fast for two months consecutively before they touch one another; and he who is unable - then the feeding of sixty poor persons
فَمَن لَّمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَتَمَاسَّا فَمَن لَّمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَإِطْعَامُ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5685- هل تجب الكفارة على من جامعها زوجها في رمضان ولا تعلم إن كان قبل الفجر أو بعده؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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