Assalamualaikum,
What is the kaffarah for breaking the fast of Ramadan on purpose? Can it be done through donating money to the poor? If so, how much?
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The Kaffarah for intentionally breaking the fast is to free a slave man or a slave woman. If it is not possible as it is at the prevailing time then one should fast consecutively for two months and should not miss any day during these two months otherwise he/she would have to start anew (this can be accomplished with little exertion in the shorter days of the year) and if one does not have even this ability then he/she should feed sixty poor persons to their stomach fill for two times, i.e. if one does not have the strength to fasting in Kaffarah then money can be given which is to give wheat equivalent to the Sadaqatul Fitr (one kilo and 633 grams) or its price (according to the rate of average wheat in the market) to each of the sixty poor persons.
أَطْعَمَ مِسْكِينًا وَاحِدًا سِتِّينَ يَوْمًا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ أَكْلَتَيْنِ مُشْبِعَتَيْنِ جَازَ وَلَوْ أَطْعَمَ مِائَةً وَعِشْرِينَ وَلَوْ مِسْكِينًا دَفْعَةً وَاحِدَةً فَعَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُطْعِمَ أَحَدَ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ أَكْلَةً مُشْبِعَةً أُخْرَى كَذَا في السِّرَاجِ الْوَهَّاجِ إذَا غَدَّاهُمْ وَأَعْطَاهُمْ قِيمَةَ الْعَشَاءِ أو عَشَّاهُمْ وَأَعْطَاهُمْ قِيمَةَ الْغَدَاءِ يَجُوزُ هَكَذَا ذُكِرَ في الْأَصْلِ( فتاوی عالمگیری)
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