Fidyah and Expiation
369 questions
Is it permissible to feed the poor in lieu of making up missed Ramadan fasts due to a legitimate Islamic excuse?
What is the expiation (kaffarah) required for someone who delayed making up days from the last Ramadan until the next Ramadan began, and what is the amount for feeding ten poor people in Britain?
Should I stop fasting a continuous expiation due to my husband's prohibition, despite my ability and desire to fast for self-discipline?
Is it permissible for a patient with an advanced stomach ulcer, who has been forbidden by the doctor from fasting, to break their fast, and is the expiation for that five pounds per day?
What are the consequences for a couple where the husband had intercourse with his wife during the daytime in Ramadan after returning from travel?
Is it permissible to take from the meat of the 'aqiqah slaughtered for a girl and use it to prepare meals for the days of Ramadan that the husband does not fast due to health reasons?
What is the ruling on one who intentionally breaks their fast in Ramadan, and is expiation by feeding 60 poor people permissible for one who intentionally breaks their fast without being ill? What are the conditions for the poor who are eligible for this expiation, and what is its monetary value in dollars?
Does negligence in caring for two dogs until they died affect the acceptance of prayers, Hajj, and fasting? Is expiation (fidyah) required for that?
What is the method for feeding sixty needy persons for ten acts of intercourse during the daytime in Ramadan, for one who is unable to fast sixty days ten times, and what is the amount and type of food, and is it necessary to feed them all at once, and is it permissible to pay the equivalent value in cash?
Is it permissible to break the fast in Ramadan and pay expiation for the fasting based on the fatwa of a Muslim Shia doctor due to illness?
Is a sick person who is terminally ill and prevented from fasting required to feed [someone] from what she eats, or is it permissible for another person to feed [someone] on her behalf, and is it permissible for this person to feed her family, consisting of 8 children and the husband, and is this expiation sufficient for her?
Can one continue to give monthly charity to several families with the intention of expiating for four previous years of fasting until it is all paid off?
Does the unorganized distribution of meals to the poor, which resulted in uncertainty as to whether every poor person received their full meal, suffice as expiation for delaying the making up of Ramadan fasts?
What is the jurisprudential difference between expiation (kaffarah) and ransom (fidyah)?
How many dirhams are equivalent to the expiatory feeding of a needy person? And is one absolved of responsibility by placing it in a donation box with the intention of expiation without clarification? And is it permissible to give multiple expiations to one person at the same time?
Does the act of disposing of a portion of the fasting expiation (fidya) money, which was designated for the questioner's family, invalidate this expiation? And do any consequences or expiations result from that?
Is it permissible to change one's intention from a general charity (sadaqah) to an expiation (kaffarah) for feeding the poor due to fasting, by adding a previously designated amount for charity to a new amount to complete the value of the expiation?
What is the expiation for breaking a day of Ramadan for someone unable to fast two consecutive months, how is its value calculated in US dollars, and is it permissible to give it to a charitable organization?
What is incumbent upon a woman who was fasting in Ramadan, then intentionally broke her fast, then menstruated on that day: Is it only making up the missed day, or both expiation and making up the missed day, or nothing is incumbent upon her?
Is the father obligated to pay expiation on behalf of his daughter who has diabetes and is unable to fast, and is this expiation considered a mandatory expense or a debt upon her until she possesses her own money?
Is it permissible for us to fast the days that our sick father, who is incapable of fasting and feeding the poor, missed?
Is it permissible to make up for missed fasts due to menstruation since puberty by feeding a needy person for each day, instead of fasting them, out of fear of death before completing the make-up?
Is it permissible to offer money as expiation for the days the husband missed fasting in the last Ramadan due to an accident, given the current difficulty for him to fast in a hot country because of his strenuous work?
What is incumbent upon a husband who broke his fast in Ramadan due to the dispensation of travel, then had sexual intercourse with his wife after arriving home, deceptively, and what is incumbent upon the wife?