Fidyah and Expiation
369 questions
Is it permissible to pay the expiatory feeding of the needy for the days of Ramadan that were not made up into a donation box, and what is the intention for making up the fast of Ramadan?
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?
Must one who deliberately broke their fast on a day in Ramadan make up for that day, or make up for that day along with fasting sixty consecutive days?
Must I fast for sixty days or feed sixty poor people after having intercourse with my wife in Ramadan during the first days of our marriage, knowing that a suckling buffalo was slaughtered and distributed to the poor?
Does the expiation of one who fed the poor, believing it permissible to choose feeding over fasting, then learned of the obligation of continuous fasting as expiation for breaking the Ramadan fast by intercourse, become nullified?
Is a Ramadan compensatory fast valid if the intention was made at night, then the fasting person hesitated before dawn due to the unavailability of suhoor? And is there a sin or expiation for delaying Ramadan compensatory fasting without an excuse until time becomes short?
What is the ruling on paying expiation (kaffara) instead of making up missed fasts (qada) when there is doubt about performing the fasting and an inability to fast due to work conditions and hot weather, and what should a grandson do regarding his grandmother who never fasted Ramadan in her life?
Is it permissible to pay monetary expiation instead of making up nearly two months of Ramadan fasting due to unknowingly breaking the fast and the current difficulty of fasting because of smoking?
Is it permissible to intentionally break the fast on a day in Ramadan and then fast two non-consecutive months as expiation for that?
Is it permissible to give sixty needy people their expiatory feeding in the form of raw rice, and is it valid to distribute it all at once to one poor family? And what is the amount of food for each individual?
What is the expiation for making up 800 days of Ramadan fasting for someone who missed them over their lifetime, and is it a condition to feed 800 needy persons, or is sincere repentance sufficient, along with knowing the way to achieve it, and should feeding the needy be done at any time or only during Ramadan?
Is it permissible for a mother to give the expiation (kaffarah) for the days she missed fasting in Ramadan to her needy son or to another family member?
What is the expiation for an oath, and is it in sequence or by choice, along with mentioning the evidence for the different views?
Is expiation obligatory for someone who covered a part of the back of his head during Ihram while standing at 'Arafah due due to intense heat?
What is the ruling on dividing the expiatory fasting (Sawm al-Kaffarah) between two men who shared in an accidental killing, which resulted in the division of the blood money (Diyyah) between them, with three-quarters upon one and one-quarter upon the other?
Does the expiation (kaffarah) fall away from one who had intercourse with his wife during the daytime in Ramadan, then paid money for the expiation, then fasted for 80 days after about five years?
How much money is due for feeding the needy for five days of Ramadan fasting that the questioner missed ten years ago, knowing that her husband is unwilling to pay the amount on her behalf?
If a Muslim misses days of Ramadan due to a legitimate Shar'i excuse and is unable to make them up before the onset of the following Ramadan, does he incur the expiation of feeding a poor person for each day he makes up after Ramadan?
Is it permissible to pay a monetary fidyah in lieu of fasting the days one has vowed, and what is its amount?
Is the expiation for delaying the making up of Ramadan fasts an obligatory, a necessary, or a recommended act, and is it permissible to postpone it until money is available?
What is the ruling regarding a man having sexual intercourse with his wife during the daytime in Ramadan, and what are the conditions for the necessary expiation?
What is the expiation (kaffarah) required of a wife who missed days of Ramadan due to pregnancy and breastfeeding, and these days accumulated, knowing that she is unable to make them up by fasting due to her poor health?
What is the amount of the fasting fidyah and the fasting expiation (kaffarah)?
Is expiation obligatory upon one who startles a pigeon in the Haram of Makkah without killing it?