Feeding One Poor Person for Two Months as the Expiation for a Fast

Question

A kaffara (expiation) of two months is binding on me because I deliberately broke a fast. Now it is difficult for me both to free a slave and to fast two consecutive months. If, instead of sixty miskins (poor people), I feed one student or poor person for two consecutive months — assigning the food for both meals to one student or poor person — will my kaffara be discharged or not?

Answer

Assign one student to come to your house every day at both mealtimes and eat — as much as he eats until he is full; in sha Allah, in this way too the kaffara will be discharged: [ar]ولو أطعم فقيرا ستين يوما أجزأه، لأنه بتجدد الحاجة بكل يوم يصير بمنزلة فقير آخر، والشرط إذا أباح الطعام أن يشبعهم اهـ[/ar] “If he fed one poor person for sixty days, it suffices him, because with…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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