Is it permissible for an excused person whose recovery is not expected to pay the full expiation (kaffarat al-fitr) at the beginning of Ramadan, and is that considered hastening the performance of an act of worship before its due time?
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Whoever is unable to fast due to old age or an illness from which there is no hope of recovery, must pay a (expiatory feeding), whether obligatorily (according to the majority of scholars) or preferably (according to the Malikis). It is not permissible to offer the fidyah for a day before its night begins.
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