Why does the ruling on the ignorant person concerning expiation for an oath differ from the ruling on the ignorant person's prayer regarding the rulings on wiping over the leather socks (khuffain) and the opening takbir (takbirat al-ihram)?
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The scholars differentiated between the two matters. Fasting is only required when one is unable to free a slave, or clothe, or feed. As for those (in the second case), they performed the act itself but were ignorant of one of its pillars or conditions.
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