Transitioning Between the Expiations When One Is Unable
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The questioner:
Can we say, “Fear Allah as much as you are able,” as evidence for the inability to perform this obligatory duty, which is the expiation?
The Shaykh:
The hadith of your congregations, so fear Allah and pray in your congregations. The word that Allah the Exalted revealed and His Messenger said: “Fear Allah and pray in your congregations.” Excuse me. Yes. If one is unable to fast, he transitions to feeding people. And if he is unable to free a slave, he transitions to fasting in the expiation for killing, the expiation for zihar, and the expiation for breaking the fast in Ramadan. This is freeing a slave; if he is unable, he transitions to fasting. In the expiation for zihar, and in the expiation for feeding in Ramadan, there is an addition: if he is unable to fast, he transitions to feeding. As for killing, it is only either freeing a slave or fasting, if he is unable to travel. Everyone is according to his own situation; people differ in this. Yes.
Can we say, “Fear Allah as much as you are able,” as evidence for the inability to perform this obligatory duty, which is the expiation?
The Shaykh:
The hadith of your congregations, so fear Allah and pray in your congregations. The word that Allah the Exalted revealed and His Messenger said: “Fear Allah and pray in your congregations.” Excuse me. Yes. If one is unable to fast, he transitions to feeding people. And if he is unable to free a slave, he transitions to fasting in the expiation for killing, the expiation for zihar, and the expiation for breaking the fast in Ramadan. This is freeing a slave; if he is unable, he transitions to fasting. In the expiation for zihar, and in the expiation for feeding in Ramadan, there is an addition: if he is unable to fast, he transitions to feeding. As for killing, it is only either freeing a slave or fasting, if he is unable to travel. Everyone is according to his own situation; people differ in this. Yes.
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شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ الشرح الأول ]، بداية من باب التحفظ من الغيبة واللغو وما يقول إذا شتم — islamhouse.com (22:04)
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