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Is it permissible to give expiation (kaffara) to needy relatives such as a son, and what are the implications for someone who issued a fatwa permitting this, and then it became clear that their fatwa was incorrect after the expiation was given?

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It is not permissible to give expiatory payments (kaffarat) to one's ascendants (parents, grandparents) or descendants (children, grandchildren), because their maintenance is obligatory, and they are therefore self-sufficient by it from the expiation. This is to prevent the cancellation of two obligatory rights with a single sum of money. This ruling is not exclusive to , but applies to every obligatory charity; it is not permissible to give it to them, such as expiations, sadaqat al-fitr, and vows. The purpose of expiation is to make the one performing it feel the pain of spending a portion of their wealth as an expiation for a sin, and this meaning is not achieved if they feed someone whose maintenance is obligatory upon them. If a woman gives the expiation to her son, it is not sufficient for her, and she must give the expiation to its rightful recipients, because it is a debt upon her that is not discharged except by fulfilling it. Furthermore, according to the majority of scholars, giving the monetary value for expiations is not sufficient.

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