Paying the expiation of feeding from food that the payer does not like
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Question:
The expiation of feeding, O Shaykh, is it permissible to give a type of food that the payer does not like, while the one who eats it does like it?
Answer:
No, it is not what Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said:[Al-Baqarah 2:267] meaning the bad [Al-Baqarah 2:267]. So it is better not to give out in expiation, or in charity, or in any other act of drawing near to Allah, except what he himself desires [Ali 'Imran 3:92]. [Al-Insan 76:8], so he gives out of what he loves; this is better and more complete. Yes.
The expiation of feeding, O Shaykh, is it permissible to give a type of food that the payer does not like, while the one who eats it does like it?
Answer:
No, it is not what Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said:
And do not aim toward the defective
وَلَا تَيَمَّمُوا الْخَبِيثَtherefrom, spending [from that] while you would not take it [yourself] except with closed eyes
مِنْهُ تُنفِقُونَ وَلَسْتُم بِآخِذِيهِ إِلَّا أَن تُغْمِضُوا فِيهِNever will you attain the good [reward] until you spend [in the way of Allah] from that which you love.
لَن تَنَالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتَّىٰ تُنفِقُوا مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَAnd they give food in spite of love for it to the needy
وَيُطْعِمُونَ الطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِ مِسْكِينًا
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء 03-01-1435هـ - الفوزان — youtube.com (37:22)
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