Ruling on One Who Is Unable to Fast the Expiation for Intercourse
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Question:
This questioner, O Shaykh, says: A person has an obligation to fast two consecutive months for a mistake he committed during the day in Ramadan out of ignorance. He was unable to fast due to a valid religious excuse, such as illness, and a lunar year has passed. Now, he is required to fast and feed people, but he is still unable to fast. Some people advised him to feed sixty poor people. The question, O Shaykh, is: Has his expiation become two expiations, such that he must feed two poor people per day, or is one expiation sufficient?
Answer:
One expiation is sufficient. If he is unable to fast due to intercourse in Ramadan, he must feed sixty poor people, and nothing else is required of him. Each poor person receives half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), which is one and a half kilograms of dates, rice, or other staple food of the country. This is sufficient, and praise be to Allah.
This questioner, O Shaykh, says: A person has an obligation to fast two consecutive months for a mistake he committed during the day in Ramadan out of ignorance. He was unable to fast due to a valid religious excuse, such as illness, and a lunar year has passed. Now, he is required to fast and feed people, but he is still unable to fast. Some people advised him to feed sixty poor people. The question, O Shaykh, is: Has his expiation become two expiations, such that he must feed two poor people per day, or is one expiation sufficient?
Answer:
One expiation is sufficient. If he is unable to fast due to intercourse in Ramadan, he must feed sixty poor people, and nothing else is required of him. Each poor person receives half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), which is one and a half kilograms of dates, rice, or other staple food of the country. This is sufficient, and praise be to Allah.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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