Fidyah and Expiation
369 questions
Am I obliged to pay a fidyah for breaking my fast for ten days in Ramadan 2009 due to pregnancy, and one day in Ramadan 2010 due to breastfeeding, given that I did not make up the previous days due to breastfeeding and the difficulty of making them up later? And what is its amount? Is it permissible to give zakat al-mal to my unemployed brother who does not want to work, or to my mother who receives a pension? What is the amount of zakat on ornamental gold exceeding 85 grams?
What is the method of expiation for approximately 390 days of not fasting in Ramadan due to chronic diabetes, and would it be by feeding 390 needy persons? What is the quantity or monetary value of this feeding? Is it permissible to donate to a charity for them to carry this out?
Is the amount of rice given by the father to feed the poor sufficient and valid as expiation for the days he missed fasting due to his illness, and is the time of giving it out appropriate?
What is the ruling on one who shaves the hair growing next to the ear – the 'adhār (sideburns) – during iḥrām out of ignorance? And does he owe expiation for each hair, or is it sufficient for him to feed six needy persons?
Is a Fidyah or Kaffarah incumbent upon me for repenting after intentionally aborting a fetus in the first month of pregnancy without a health reason or a Shari'ah-compliant justification, and is my action considered killing a soul?
Does giving 10 dirhams daily from the sick grandfather's money—sometimes after breakfast, sometimes in the morning, and sometimes before it—suffice and is it enough, and how should this charity be intended?
What is the Maliki school's evidence for the obligation of fasting two consecutive months for whoever intentionally breaks their fast by eating or drinking in Ramadan, knowing that the other three madhhabs and Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah do not consider expiation obligatory?
Is expiation required for delaying feeding a needy person for the days my mother missed fasting, four years after her death, due to my belief that expiation was waived for her because of her old age and inability?
What is the expiation for adultery committed during the daytime in Ramadan with the consent of both parties for two consecutive days by a married, muhsan man?
Is expiation paid for making up missed Ramadan fasts from many years, given the inability to fast due to old age? And does the obligation to make up the fasts fall away after performing Hajj? And is sincere repentance and seeking forgiveness sufficient?
Is it sufficient, according to the Shafi'i school, for someone who has broken their fast in Ramadan for years without a valid excuse to only offer fidyah? And what is the difference between fidyah and kaffarah?
What is the ruling regarding a sick woman who is unable to fast, does not possess money for expiation, and her husband refuses to give her money for it? And what should she do?
Is it correct to understand that the expiation for making up for Ramadan fasts that are overdue by more than a year is 750 grams of rice for each day, and that it should be given to one needy person without specifying the day? And is there a connection between making up the fasts (qada') and the expiation (kaffarah) such that they must be performed together, or can they be separated? And should the needy person be informed that this is an expiation for fasting?
Is he allowed to choose between fasting for two consecutive months and feeding sixty poor people as expiation for having intercourse with his wife during the daytime in Ramadan after Fajr, and is expiation obligatory for his wife, knowing that she was pregnant?
What is the expiation for someone who broke their fast one day in Ramadan due to illness, then had intercourse with his wife on the same day, knowing that he only recently learned that the expiation is two consecutive months?
What is the religious ruling regarding the fasting of a kidney failure patient who undergoes hemodialysis, and is he required to make up the fast or offer expiation?
What is the ruling on a pregnant woman in her eighth month whom the doctor has forbidden from fasting in Ramadan, and what is the amount of the fidya in Egyptian pounds for each day, and should she or her husband pay it?
What is the ruling of the Shari'ah concerning a man who returned from a journey during the day in Ramadan while he was not fasting, and he then caused his fasting wife to break her fast and subsequently had intercourse with her?
Is my mother to feed a poor person for each day she missed fasting, or is the expiation waived for her inability to fast in the last two years due to her old age?
What is the ruling on one who masturbated during the daytime in Ramadan intentionally, and fasted to make up some of the days, but then forgot whether he had made up all the days or not? And does expiation (kaffarah) result from that?
How can one make up for past days or months of fasting if they do not remember whether they had fasted or not, and is the making up (qada’) required to be accompanied by feeding (it’am), and is it permissible to feed the questioner's family?
Is it permissible to pay the expiation for the days I missed fasting in Ramadan—unintentionally, not deliberately—to a governmental charitable institution that undertakes the care of orphans, the needy, the poor, and people with special needs?
Is it permissible to offer expiation for days of fasting missed due to menstruation, given the inability to make them up by fasting because of continuous work circumstances?
Is it obligatory to make up for and offer expiation for someone who had intercourse with his wife while traveling during Ramadan, in the daytime, without ejaculation, based on the differing scholarly opinions regarding the ruling on penetration without ejaculation?