Is it permissible to give the expiation for delaying fasting – feeding the poor – to relatives who are not in need, or to sanitation workers?
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Expiation () is disbursed only to the poor and needy. If your relatives are not in need, then giving it to them is not permissible. It can be given to sanitation workers or other poor and needy individuals.
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