What is the amount of money required to feed sixty poor people? Is the expiation for breaking a fast day in Ramadan obligatory for the wife as well, or only for the husband? Meaning, is the expiation feeding 120 poor people, or only 60 poor people for both? Is it permissible to donate this money to the mosque or any other charitable work, or must sixty poor people be fed, and it is not permissible to pay the expiation with money?

The scholars have unanimously agreed on the necessity of expiation (kaffarah) for one who has intercourse with his wife during the daytime in Ramadan. They differed regarding its necessity for one who intentionally breaks the fast by means other than intercourse; the most authoritative opinion is that there is no expiation for him, but repentance and making up the fast are obligatory upon him.

They also differed regarding the wife: if she was consenting, does she owe expiation? The most authoritative opinion is that she does not owe expiation, and she only needs to make up the fast. However, if the husband forced her, there is no expiation upon her by unanimous agreement, and he owes one expiation.

The expiation obligatory for intercourse during the daytime in Ramadan is the freeing of a slave. If one cannot find a slave, then it is fasting for two consecutive months. If one is unable to do that, then it is feeding sixty poor people with that which would satisfy them from the staple food of the land. The majority of scholars hold that this order must be followed.

The amount for feeding, when unable to expiate by other means, refers to the value of feeding sixty poor people in the country where the person owing expiation lives. It is not permissible to donate it to a mosque or any other charitable work; rather, it must be delivered to sixty poor people.