The ruling on feeding with inferior items in expiation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, if a person is required to feed poor people, is it permissible for him to buy cheap rice or cheap dates? What is your opinion on doing something like this?
Answer:
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:89] meaning it is from the middle, not from the good, and not from the bad, but from the middle. This is the obligatory amount, and if he gives from the good, that is better, but as for the bad, he does not give it. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: [Al-Baqarah 2:267] and the bad is the defective [Al-Baqarah 2:267] [Al-Baqarah 2:267]. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, if a person is required to feed poor people, is it permissible for him to buy cheap rice or cheap dates? What is your opinion on doing something like this?
Answer:
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:
from the average of that which you feed your [own] families
مِنْ أَوْسَطِ مَا تُطْعِمُونَ أَهْلِيكُمْAnd do not aim toward the defective therefrom, spending
وَلَا تَيَمَّمُوا الْخَبِيثَ مِنْهُ تُنفِقُونَwhile you would not take it [yourself] except with closed eyes
وَلَسْتُم بِآخِذِيهِ إِلَّا أَن تُغْمِضُوا فِيهِAnd know that Allah is Free of need and Praiseworthy.
وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ حَمِيدٌ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2476 - حكم الإطعام في الكفارة بالشيء الرديء - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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