Is it permissible to feed sixty poor people as expiation for sexual intercourse during the daytime in Ramadan, after failed attempts to fast for two consecutive months due to lust, or is it obligatory to resume fasting? And is it permissible to postpone the expiatory fasting until after next Ramadan if it comes?
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It is not permissible to switch from fasting as expiation to feeding [the poor] except in the case of inability, and the mentioned excuse does not justify it. The capable young man must fast as expiation immediately before the coming Ramadan, in order to fulfill repentance from fornication.
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