The ruling on one who is unable to perform the expiation for killing
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A person has the expiation for killing upon him, but he is unable to free a slave or fast. Does he resort to feeding, or is the expiation dropped from him?
It is not dropped from him.The expiation for killing is of only two types: It is either freeing a slave or fasting; because Allah the Exalted did not mention a third option. If the third option were obligatory, Allah would have mentioned it, just as He mentioned it in the expiation for zihar.Allah mentioned in the expiation for zihar: Freeing a slave, and if he does not find one, then fasting for two consecutive months, and if he is unable to do that, then feeding sixty poor people. In the expiation for killing, feeding was not mentioned.And with this we say: If he is unable to free a slave and fast, it is dropped from him.
It is not dropped from him.The expiation for killing is of only two types: It is either freeing a slave or fasting; because Allah the Exalted did not mention a third option. If the third option were obligatory, Allah would have mentioned it, just as He mentioned it in the expiation for zihar.Allah mentioned in the expiation for zihar: Freeing a slave, and if he does not find one, then fasting for two consecutive months, and if he is unable to do that, then feeding sixty poor people. In the expiation for killing, feeding was not mentioned.And with this we say: If he is unable to free a slave and fast, it is dropped from him.