Is preparing a lunch for ten poor people sufficient as the expiation for feeding ten poor people?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is preparing food for the poor and giving them lunch or dinner sufficient for the expiation?
Answer:
Yes. The point is that there is nothing wrong with feeding the ten poor people lunch, or feeding some of them and completing the rest until he has provided ten lunches or dinners. There is nothing wrong with that, but he must give them enough to satisfy their hunger. He should not give each person a piece of bread and say, “I have fed a poor person.” The meaning of feeding is to satisfy their hunger. Yes, he must satisfy them.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is preparing food for the poor and giving them lunch or dinner sufficient for the expiation?
Answer:
Yes. The point is that there is nothing wrong with feeding the ten poor people lunch, or feeding some of them and completing the rest until he has provided ten lunches or dinners. There is nothing wrong with that, but he must give them enough to satisfy their hunger. He should not give each person a piece of bread and say, “I have fed a poor person.” The meaning of feeding is to satisfy their hunger. Yes, he must satisfy them.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2494 -2802] هل يكفي في كفارة إطعام عشرة مساكين صنع الغداء لهم - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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