What is the value of the expiation required for someone who broke their fast due to illness out of necessity, and does this expiation cover both the iftar (breaking of the fast) and the suhoor (pre-dawn meal), or only the iftar?
The sick person who is expected to recover should break their fast and then make up for it. No expiation () is required unless they delay making up the fast without a valid excuse until the next begins. In that case, they must make up the fast and pay expiation by feeding one poor person for each day. As for the sick person for whom recovery is not expected, they should break their fast and pay expiation by feeding one poor person for each day they missed fasting. The amount of a "mudd" is 750 grams of rice or its equivalent in the staple food of the country. The expiation is one for each day, and there are not two expiations for breaking the fast and for .
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