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?
The gist of the : The website's fatwa regarding the obligation of one sa' for the delayed expiation () is correct. Ibn Baz stated that a half sa' (i.e., two mudds), which is approximately 1.5 kilograms, is obligatory, and this aligns with the statement of Al-Thawri.
Al-Nawawi mentioned that the view of the majority, which is also the Shafi'i , obligates one mudd of food for each day. This is the view of Ibn Abbas, Abu Hurayrah, Ata', Al-Zuhri, Malik, Al-Thawri, Ahmad, and Ishaq, except that Al-Thawri said the expiation is two mudds for each day.
Al-Majd Ibn Taymiyyah said in "Al-Muharrar": "Feeding a poor person is estimated as one mudd of wheat, or half a sa' of dates or barley, here and in every instance of expiations."
The Permanent Committee issued a fatwa stating that the feeding should be "for each poor person one mudd of wheat, or half a sa' of other types."
Ibn Qudamah said in "Al-Mughni": "Abu Hurayrah said: He feeds one mudd of whatever type he wishes," then he used this to support the Hanbali madhhab, stating that one mudd of wheat takes the place of half a sa' of other types, and that sufficiency with one mudd is the saying of Ibn Umar, Ibn Abbas, Abu Hurayrah, and Zayd.
Half a sa' is more cautious than one mudd, and this is the view of Abu Hanifah. Ibn Baz adopted this view for all categories as a precaution, and Ibn Uthaymeen also adopted it.
In summary: The fatwa is correct and consistent with what a group of Companions and Tabi'in issued, and it has its evidence from the . It is the madhhab of Malik, Al-Shafi'i, and others. Whoever wishes to be cautious by giving half a sa' may do so.
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