Expiation for Intercourse in Ramadan and Switching from Fasting to Feeding
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says that he had intercourse with his wife in Ramadan twice in a row after dawn. He cannot fast because of his work, and fasting is burdensome for him due to his job. Is there an organization that accepts a sum of money for freeing a slave? And is it permissible for him to switch from fasting to feeding?
Answer:
Feeding is not permissible unless one is unable to fast. If one is unable to fast, then the one who cannot do so feeds one poor person. However, if he is able to fast, feeding does not suffice for him because it is a lower rank. If he is unable to fast at the current time, the fast remains in his liability; the expiation remains in his liability until he performs it, like a debt in his liability. So when he is able, he fasts.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says that he had intercourse with his wife in Ramadan twice in a row after dawn. He cannot fast because of his work, and fasting is burdensome for him due to his job. Is there an organization that accepts a sum of money for freeing a slave? And is it permissible for him to switch from fasting to feeding?
Answer:
Feeding is not permissible unless one is unable to fast. If one is unable to fast, then the one who cannot do so feeds one poor person. However, if he is able to fast, feeding does not suffice for him because it is a lower rank. If he is unable to fast at the current time, the fast remains in his liability; the expiation remains in his liability until he performs it, like a debt in his liability. So when he is able, he fasts.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 104 من 123/شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع/الديات/الشجاج وكسر العظام/صالح الفوزان/الفقه/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:11:00)
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