How do I feed on behalf of my mother who died with two months of fasting remaining? Do I give the expiation to one person as sixty meals, or is it for sixty poor people?
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The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : Shaykh Nasser?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : How are you?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner : Good, if Allah wills?
The Shaykh : May Allah make you well.
The questioner : Jamal Uthman is speaking with you from Canada.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : Welcome, Shaykh. How are you?
The Shaykh : I praise Him and give thanks to Him. How are you?
The questioner : May Allah bless you. May Allah reward you with good. Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Always, praise be to Allah.
The questioner : Your Eminence, may I ask you a question?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. I have my mother.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : She passed away last month.
The Shaykh : What do you mean, she passed away?
The questioner : She passed away, yes.
The Shaykh : May Allah have mercy on her.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. And she had fasting remaining.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Because she was ill.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So until she passed away, she had not recovered. So I returned to the issue in your book *Rulings on Funerals*.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It was clear that it is feeding a poor person for each day on her behalf, is this correct, if Allah wills?
The Shaykh : This is the ruling of some of the companions.
The questioner : Yes!
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So this poor person, of course, she had about two months, two months is about sixty days.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So how is the feeding done? Is it for one person, these sixty, or is it for sixty poor people?
The Shaykh : According to what is feasible. If it is feasible ten by ten, twenty by twenty, five by five, two by two, according to what is feasible. The important thing is that the number equals the number of days she did not fast.
The questioner : Yes, good. Is it permissible for me to give two, for example, to one person?
The Shaykh : No. Give, in your mind, now you have uncovered an issue in which there is an error!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible to give coins, but rather feeding.
The questioner : Feeding?
The Shaykh : Feeding with the food that you eat.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : You must feed, and according to the detail that I mentioned to you.
The questioner : Yes, may Allah bless you. The detail, of course, is that each person gets a mudd, we gather them together in the day, for example.
The Shaykh : According to what is feasible, I told you: gather them, distribute them according to ease.
The questioner : Good, if we gather them and give them to one person, is that permissible?
The Shaykh : How do you mean gather them for one person, my brother?
The questioner : The problem is in our country, I am from Libya.
The Shaykh : Before you mention the problem, how do you gather them?
The questioner : I mean we gather two or three poor people for this food, and give it to one or two people, and they are poor, or for each person a poor person, for each poor person a mudd?
The Shaykh : There is no power nor strength except by Allah. My brother, what is wrong with you, you are mentioning the mudd. Now, is there a mudd in this country? I am telling you: feed with what you eat and feed with.
The questioner : Ah. I mean the food, Shaykh. Do we give the food to a specific person, for example, or must we find sixty people, for example? I mean the distribution.
The Shaykh : There is no power nor strength except by Allah. What are you speaking to me in, al-Albani or Arabic?
The questioner : No, in Arabic.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. I told you: ten by ten, twenty by twenty, two by two, five by five, according to what is feasible.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And may He reward you.
The questioner : I have a second question, may I ask you about it, for the sake of Allah?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : Shaykh Nasser?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : How are you?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner : Good, if Allah wills?
The Shaykh : May Allah make you well.
The questioner : Jamal Uthman is speaking with you from Canada.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : Welcome, Shaykh. How are you?
The Shaykh : I praise Him and give thanks to Him. How are you?
The questioner : May Allah bless you. May Allah reward you with good. Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Always, praise be to Allah.
The questioner : Your Eminence, may I ask you a question?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. I have my mother.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : She passed away last month.
The Shaykh : What do you mean, she passed away?
The questioner : She passed away, yes.
The Shaykh : May Allah have mercy on her.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. And she had fasting remaining.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Because she was ill.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So until she passed away, she had not recovered. So I returned to the issue in your book *Rulings on Funerals*.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It was clear that it is feeding a poor person for each day on her behalf, is this correct, if Allah wills?
The Shaykh : This is the ruling of some of the companions.
The questioner : Yes!
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So this poor person, of course, she had about two months, two months is about sixty days.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So how is the feeding done? Is it for one person, these sixty, or is it for sixty poor people?
The Shaykh : According to what is feasible. If it is feasible ten by ten, twenty by twenty, five by five, two by two, according to what is feasible. The important thing is that the number equals the number of days she did not fast.
The questioner : Yes, good. Is it permissible for me to give two, for example, to one person?
The Shaykh : No. Give, in your mind, now you have uncovered an issue in which there is an error!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible to give coins, but rather feeding.
The questioner : Feeding?
The Shaykh : Feeding with the food that you eat.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : You must feed, and according to the detail that I mentioned to you.
The questioner : Yes, may Allah bless you. The detail, of course, is that each person gets a mudd, we gather them together in the day, for example.
The Shaykh : According to what is feasible, I told you: gather them, distribute them according to ease.
The questioner : Good, if we gather them and give them to one person, is that permissible?
The Shaykh : How do you mean gather them for one person, my brother?
The questioner : The problem is in our country, I am from Libya.
The Shaykh : Before you mention the problem, how do you gather them?
The questioner : I mean we gather two or three poor people for this food, and give it to one or two people, and they are poor, or for each person a poor person, for each poor person a mudd?
The Shaykh : There is no power nor strength except by Allah. My brother, what is wrong with you, you are mentioning the mudd. Now, is there a mudd in this country? I am telling you: feed with what you eat and feed with.
The questioner : Ah. I mean the food, Shaykh. Do we give the food to a specific person, for example, or must we find sixty people, for example? I mean the distribution.
The Shaykh : There is no power nor strength except by Allah. What are you speaking to me in, al-Albani or Arabic?
The questioner : No, in Arabic.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. I told you: ten by ten, twenty by twenty, two by two, five by five, according to what is feasible.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And may He reward you.
The questioner : I have a second question, may I ask you about it, for the sake of Allah?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
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