What is the amount of food that a nursing woman who broke her fast in Ramadan must give?
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The questioner : The first question: A nursing woman who breaks her fast in Ramadan; does she feed a poor person or a needy person for every day she breaks her fast? Is this permissible as an expiation?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is permissible.
The questioner : How much is the amount of food?
The Shaykh : The expiation is not dirhams or dinars paid to the needy person; rather, it is the food that the one making the expiation eats.
The questioner : The food that he eats; meaning, in our current situation, is it the food for breaking the fast, or the food for lunch, or the food for dinner?
The Shaykh : The answer to this question is one meal; whether it is lunch or dinner, one meal.
The questioner : One meal.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And is it not permissible to give it in cash—meaning—on the basis that the poor person buys what he needs with it, for example?
The Shaykh : This is what I intended to negate in the first part of the answer.
The questioner : In the first part of the answer, ah! It must be food, food.
The Shaykh : Yes! Yes.
The questioner : In our present days, if—for example—our main meal is, for example, rice, what is the amount that we give, for example?
The Shaykh : The amount of what, my brother?
The questioner : The amount of rice, for example, from the daily food?
The Shaykh : My brother! One meal, one meal.
The questioner : One meal, including everything, meaning?
The Shaykh : Including everything, if it is rice and meat and bread; one filling meal for one person.
The questioner : One filling meal for one person, and this is sufficient—meaning—there is no need to fast the days that she broke.
The Shaykh : No, there is no need.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is permissible.
The questioner : How much is the amount of food?
The Shaykh : The expiation is not dirhams or dinars paid to the needy person; rather, it is the food that the one making the expiation eats.
The questioner : The food that he eats; meaning, in our current situation, is it the food for breaking the fast, or the food for lunch, or the food for dinner?
The Shaykh : The answer to this question is one meal; whether it is lunch or dinner, one meal.
The questioner : One meal.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And is it not permissible to give it in cash—meaning—on the basis that the poor person buys what he needs with it, for example?
The Shaykh : This is what I intended to negate in the first part of the answer.
The questioner : In the first part of the answer, ah! It must be food, food.
The Shaykh : Yes! Yes.
The questioner : In our present days, if—for example—our main meal is, for example, rice, what is the amount that we give, for example?
The Shaykh : The amount of what, my brother?
The questioner : The amount of rice, for example, from the daily food?
The Shaykh : My brother! One meal, one meal.
The questioner : One meal, including everything, meaning?
The Shaykh : Including everything, if it is rice and meat and bread; one filling meal for one person.
The questioner : One filling meal for one person, and this is sufficient—meaning—there is no need to fast the days that she broke.
The Shaykh : No, there is no need.
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