What is the amount of expiation for breaking the fast of Ramadan for consecutive years, in Algerian Dinars, and is it permissible to pay it to a single needy person? What is the amount of food that must be given to the needy, and is it permissible to feed a number of them each night?
Breaking the fast in Ramadan without a legitimate Shariah excuse is one of the major sins and is considered a demolition of one of the pillars of Islam. Whoever does so must offer sincere repentance, seek forgiveness, and perform many righteous deeds. They are also required to make up for the days they missed.
If the breaking of the fast was due to intercourse during the daytime in Ramadan, then the major expiation (kaffarah kubra) is required, which is freeing a believing slave. If one cannot find one, then fasting for two consecutive months. If one is unable to do that, then feeding sixty poor people. The majority of scholars hold that the expiation must be performed in this sequence, and the person obligated to expiate cannot move to the next option unless they are unable to perform the previous one.
A "mudd" is the fill of two average hands, approximately 750 grams. The majority of scholars do not permit giving the monetary value of the food, while the Hanafis permitted it, and some scholars preferred this view.
One should not give a single poor person more than one mudd from the expiation of a single day. However, it is permissible to give a single poor person from the expiations of multiple days. If one feeds sixty poor people at once, such as by providing them lunch or dinner, then that suffices.
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