What is the measure of "feeding ten indigent persons," and is it permissible to pay the value of the food in cash?
The requirement for feeding is half a Saa' of the staple food of the land (approximately one and a half kilograms of rice). It is not permissible to pay the value of the food instead, as expiation is only achieved through what the Sharia has stipulated.
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