What is the equivalent amount in Saudi Riyals for feeding a needy person as expiation for the days the questioner and her husband broke their fast due to intercourse and illness, and to whom should this expiation be given?
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You must make up for the days you missed due to illness and menstruation. Feeding the poor is not a substitute for these unless it is for a sick person whose recovery is not expected.
As for intercourse during , you and your husband must perform sincere repentance. Your husband must also offer expiation for each day he had intercourse, which is: freeing a slave. If he cannot find one, then fasting for two consecutive months. If he is unable to do that, then feeding sixty poor people (750 grams of rice or 1.5 kilograms of other food per poor person). Many scholars are of the opinion that expiation is also incumbent upon you.
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