Guide to Feeding a Poor Person for Less Than Three Hairs
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there evidence from the Sunnah that for less than three hairs, one must feed a poor person, or is it an independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) of the jurists?
Answer:
It is an independent legal reasoning (ijtihad). They said that three hairs or more constitute a collection, whereas less than that does not constitute a collection. So this is their independent legal reasoning (ijtihad). Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there evidence from the Sunnah that for less than three hairs, one must feed a poor person, or is it an independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) of the jurists?
Answer:
It is an independent legal reasoning (ijtihad). They said that three hairs or more constitute a collection, whereas less than that does not constitute a collection. So this is their independent legal reasoning (ijtihad). Yes.
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، فصل: محظورات الإحرام — islamhouse.com (1:05:34)
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