He also asks: Is it permissible to pay the monetary value of the expiation instead of performing it?
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The questioner : He also asks: Is it permissible to pay the monetary value of the expiation instead of performing it?
The Shaykh : The apparent meaning of the Qur'an is that it is not permissible, because Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) says: And whatever Allah the Exalted has made obligatory, we have no right to deviate from it except with evidence indicating that. However, feeding [the poor] is permissible according to the correct view in two ways: first, by gathering the poor people whom one is obligated to feed for lunch or dinner; and second, by giving them something that they themselves will prepare, such as a mudd of wheat or the like, or half a sa' of something less valuable, such as dates or the like.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : From Kirkuk in Iraq, we received this message from the listener Amira Mahmoud. She says in her message: As for what follows, I am very impressed with the program "Light on the Path," and I offer the best greetings to its presenter and to the scholars who answer the questions and inquiries of the listeners.
The Shaykh : The apparent meaning of the Qur'an is that it is not permissible, because Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) says:
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إطعامThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : From Kirkuk in Iraq, we received this message from the listener Amira Mahmoud. She says in her message: As for what follows, I am very impressed with the program "Light on the Path," and I offer the best greetings to its presenter and to the scholars who answer the questions and inquiries of the listeners.