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Does cohabitation during the daytime in Ramadan obligate the expiation (Kaffarah) of fasting for two consecutive months for someone who had intercourse with his wife seven times in different Ramadans out of ignorance, or is it sufficient for him to fast seven days and feed sixty poor people?

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Whoever intentionally breaks their fast during Ramadan by engaging in intercourse must perform sincere repentance. Intentionally breaking the fast is one of the gravest sins. The perpetrator's ignorance of the expiation's obligation does not waive it from them. In addition to repentance, they must offer expiation for every day they engaged in intercourse, amounting to seven expiations. The expiation for intercourse is, in order: freeing a slave; if unable, then fasting for two consecutive months; if unable, then feeding sixty poor people. They must also make up for these days that they corrupted by intercourse. His wife is also subject to the same sincere repentance and making up those days if she was compliant. Regarding the obligation of expiation upon her, there is a difference of opinion among scholars, and the view of its obligation is the position of the majority.

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