The Expiation for Intercourse During the Day in Ramadan When One Is Unable to Free a Slave or Fast

Question:
The questioner: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you, he says: I inform you that I had intercourse with my wife for several days in several Ramadans. I have repented to Allah for that, and I have made up some of it. But, Shaykh, regarding the expiation, I am unable to free a slave, and fasting has become too burdensome for me. Should I switch to feeding people, or what should I do? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
If you are unable to perform the first two options—neither freeing a slave nor fasting—you switch to feeding people, specifically feeding sixty poor people. But this is only in the case of inability; they [the scholars] consider it in the case of hardship, where it becomes difficult for him. If you are unable, you fast. So, as for the one who cannot, Allah the Exalted says: But if you are able, even with hardship, it is obligatory for you to fast. Perhaps Allah will also accept your repentance, because you committed a heinous crime. Yes.