What is the amount of the food fidyah that one who is unable to fast must pay?
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The questioner : We ask Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) to make this gathering protected from error and our separation mercifully accepted. Indeed, He is the All-Hearing, the Responsive.
The Shaykh : The man did not offer any sincere effort or anything else.
The questioner : Diabetes insipidus is a disease in which there is a deficiency in the hormone that maintains the fluids in the body. It means he drinks water, and the fluids leak out; the urine comes down quickly, and he needs to go out to relieve himself.
The Shaykh : He urinates, meaning.
The questioner : He urinates a lot, so he needs to replace these fluids. He tries to fast; he fasted the midday prayer but could not manage it.
The Shaykh : Meaning, he needs to drink.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He needs to replace it.
The questioner : He needs to replace it; he needs to drink.
Another questioner : The brother who asked you about him when we were at Abu Anas’s place.
Another questioner : Abu Habib?
Another questioner : Yes, exactly.
Another questioner : He asked.
Another questioner: Yes.
Another questioner : That’s it, if he asked...
The Shaykh : The question is: Welcome, greetings, welcome.
The questioner : Regarding it.
The Shaykh : You are welcome.
The questioner : ...the amount of the fidyah in food.
The Shaykh : There is no fixed amount, may Allah reward you. It is the food that he eats; he feeds a person.
The questioner : I mean.
The Shaykh : It is not intended to be money.
The questioner : No, no, I understand the amount, the amount.
The Shaykh : The amount varies from person to person.
The questioner : Okay, how is this amount estimated?
The Shaykh : What does he eat, meaning? An old man, an old man, is his eating like that of a young person?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : Of course, this is a known matter that does not require estimation.
The questioner : Estimate his eating.
The Shaykh : The person who wants to feed him might be, for example, an old shaykh like in my case, whose eating is small and measured. But it might be that the one paying the kaffarah is a young man, whose eating is greater. This does not require estimation, may Allah reward you.
The questioner : Meaning, he pays out, for example, a mudd or two mudds, meaning like that.
The Shaykh : My brother, food, food, cooked food. What does he eat? Is the one paying the kaffarah poor? What does he eat? Bread and cheese? Is one loaf enough? Is it not enough? Two loaves? Two loaves and a piece of cheese? How many falafel? If he is poor, no, by Allah, he is rich; he eats rice, he eats meat, food, meaning filling food.
The questioner : Ready food.
The Shaykh : If it were.
The questioner : As for, like zakat al-fitr, for example.
The Shaykh : No, that was when there was no cooking except rarely, so the food was estimated in wheat or barley or something similar, food for a poor person. Now in the Qur'an, it should be applied in its broadest and most complete meanings. Meaning, today it is not good to offer, for example, a mudd of wheat or barley and say, "This is the kaffarah," because he will not benefit from it at all, like zakat al-fitr, exactly in terms of type. But regarding the other matters related to feeding, it must be ready food for eating.
The questioner : Ready.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Meaning, it is permissible to cook in his house.
The Shaykh : Let us pray before the group arrives.
The questioner : Meaning... he sends them to the house.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is it. Yes, he invites them to the house; that is more complete. Yes.
The questioner : Give the adhan, let’s go.
Another questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Why now? There is no god but Allah.
The questioner : Is there a specific time for paying the fidyah? Meaning, is it permissible after Ramadan, or must it be paid during Ramadan?
The Shaykh : No, it is not a condition, but do you know the rule?
The Shaykh : The man did not offer any sincere effort or anything else.
The questioner : Diabetes insipidus is a disease in which there is a deficiency in the hormone that maintains the fluids in the body. It means he drinks water, and the fluids leak out; the urine comes down quickly, and he needs to go out to relieve himself.
The Shaykh : He urinates, meaning.
The questioner : He urinates a lot, so he needs to replace these fluids. He tries to fast; he fasted the midday prayer but could not manage it.
The Shaykh : Meaning, he needs to drink.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He needs to replace it.
The questioner : He needs to replace it; he needs to drink.
Another questioner : The brother who asked you about him when we were at Abu Anas’s place.
Another questioner : Abu Habib?
Another questioner : Yes, exactly.
Another questioner : He asked.
Another questioner: Yes.
Another questioner : That’s it, if he asked...
The Shaykh : The question is: Welcome, greetings, welcome.
The questioner : Regarding it.
The Shaykh : You are welcome.
The questioner : ...the amount of the fidyah in food.
The Shaykh : There is no fixed amount, may Allah reward you. It is the food that he eats; he feeds a person.
The questioner : I mean.
The Shaykh : It is not intended to be money.
The questioner : No, no, I understand the amount, the amount.
The Shaykh : The amount varies from person to person.
The questioner : Okay, how is this amount estimated?
The Shaykh : What does he eat, meaning? An old man, an old man, is his eating like that of a young person?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : Of course, this is a known matter that does not require estimation.
The questioner : Estimate his eating.
The Shaykh : The person who wants to feed him might be, for example, an old shaykh like in my case, whose eating is small and measured. But it might be that the one paying the kaffarah is a young man, whose eating is greater. This does not require estimation, may Allah reward you.
The questioner : Meaning, he pays out, for example, a mudd or two mudds, meaning like that.
The Shaykh : My brother, food, food, cooked food. What does he eat? Is the one paying the kaffarah poor? What does he eat? Bread and cheese? Is one loaf enough? Is it not enough? Two loaves? Two loaves and a piece of cheese? How many falafel? If he is poor, no, by Allah, he is rich; he eats rice, he eats meat, food, meaning filling food.
The questioner : Ready food.
The Shaykh : If it were.
The questioner : As for, like zakat al-fitr, for example.
The Shaykh : No, that was when there was no cooking except rarely, so the food was estimated in wheat or barley or something similar, food for a poor person. Now in the Qur'an, it should be applied in its broadest and most complete meanings. Meaning, today it is not good to offer, for example, a mudd of wheat or barley and say, "This is the kaffarah," because he will not benefit from it at all, like zakat al-fitr, exactly in terms of type. But regarding the other matters related to feeding, it must be ready food for eating.
The questioner : Ready.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Meaning, it is permissible to cook in his house.
The Shaykh : Let us pray before the group arrives.
The questioner : Meaning... he sends them to the house.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is it. Yes, he invites them to the house; that is more complete. Yes.
The questioner : Give the adhan, let’s go.
Another questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Why now? There is no god but Allah.
The questioner : Is there a specific time for paying the fidyah? Meaning, is it permissible after Ramadan, or must it be paid during Ramadan?
The Shaykh : No, it is not a condition, but do you know the rule?
And hasten to the forgiveness of your Lord
وَسَارِعُوا إِلَى مَغْفِرَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ
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