Fidyah and Expiation
369 questions
What are the ways to make up for the sin of feeding the poor for someone who masturbated in Ramadan, and is it possible to strengthen faith?
What is the ruling on intercourse during the daytime in Ramadan without the husband knowing the type of expiation, and does feeding sixty poor people have to be on one day, and what is its value?
Is it permissible to pay a ransom (fidyah) for a vow to complete the the Holy Quran ten times in one year, if it is impossible to fulfill it due to continuous illness?
Is a compensatory offering (dam) obligatory for the wife and her mother due to forgetting to shorten their hair and using perfumed soap after throwing the Aqaba (Jamrat al-Aqaba) pebble?
Am I obliged to offer an expiation for delaying the making up of past Ramadan fasts, knowing that I was unaware of its obligation until the day I intended to make up the remaining days I owed?
Is a financial ransom (fidyah) obligatory for a tattoo made by the mother out of ignorance before her death?
What is the ruling on someone who broke their fast for three days in Ramadan due to a legitimate Shar'i excuse, then made up two days in Sha'ban, and then their menstrual period began on the third day, preventing them from making it up until after Ramadan? Is expiation (kaffarah) obligatory for her, even though she has repented? If it is obligatory, what is the expiation, and is it permissible for her parents to pay it on her behalf?
What is incumbent upon a man who has intercourse with his wife on two separate days during the daylight hours of Ramadan? Is he obligated to fast for four consecutive months, or to feed 120 needy persons? Is embarrassment from continuous fasting considered a valid excuse to switch to feeding? And how is feeding 60 needy persons carried out, or its value paid to a specific entity?
What should one do who broke their fast for several days in the past Ramadan due to menstruation and does not remember the number of days they broke their fast?
Is it obligatory to offer the expiation of feeding sixty needy people for each day one intentionally broke their fast in Ramadan, and how can the number of unknown days be estimated, and is the feeding to take place in the country where the breaking of the fast occurred?
Is expiation obligatory for someone who had intercourse during the day in Ramadan, being ignorant of its prohibition, and had intended to break their fast before intercourse?
Is the expiation for making up missed fasts repeated with the repetition of years?
Is it permissible to pay a fidya for 40 days of missed fasting due to illness and the difficulty of making them up, and what is the value of the fidya?
What must the questioner's niece do to make up for the Ramadan fasting she missed, and must she fast two days for each day and feed a poor person?
What is the ruling on a woman who broke her fast during Ramadan for eight years due to illness, and did not feed a poor person due to financial hardship, except for five days in a year?
What should a Muslim do who resides in a non-Muslim country and is unable to fast due to the order of a trustworthy non-Muslim doctor because of taking daily medication for blood pressure and heart conditions? Is he obligated to offer expiation (kaffarah)? And how exactly is this expiation to be given? Is it to be given daily during Ramadan or is it permissible after Ramadan? Is it permissible to give it to a single person? And is it permissible to pay money to buy food and then distribute it to the poor?
Is expiation obligatory upon the couple if the husband has intercourse with his wife during the daytime in Ramadan despite her refusal, claiming he could not control himself, and then drank water afterwards, and is the wife's fast invalidated in this situation?
Is there another way to atone for the sin of sexual intercourse during Ramadan besides fasting for two consecutive months? And is a separate expiation required for each instance of intercourse?
Is there sin or expiation due upon one who committed sodomy while fasting at the age of 14, without ejaculation occurring, then repented sincerely and was ignorant of its expiation until a long time thereafter?
Is one who adopts the opinion of those who do not obligate the Fidyah for delaying the making up of fasts without an excuse due to lack of income considered sinful?
What is the correct amount of the obligatory mudd for making up missed Ramadan fasts, is it 750 grams or a sa' – i.e., approximately one and a half kilograms?
Is it permissible to offer expiation for the missed days that the questioner fasted today during the daylight hours of Ramadan, after she has already made up the days she owed (qada’) and fed the needy, and nothing remains but the expiation?
Is it permissible to pay a financial expiation for many missed days of Ramadan fasting, given a medical excuse (severe dry throat and choking) and the fear of death before making them up?
What should a pregnant woman do who has to make up 8 days from Ramadan and is unable to fast or make up these days before or during Ramadan due to the fatigue of pregnancy?