Kaffarah
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What is Kaffarah?
Atonement in itself is a practical social model set by Islam in order for a Muslim to help his Muslim brother, and for a Muslim’s repentance to be in itself a help to the poor and needy, by which he obtains a reward, and through it the weak and the poor obtain food and a decent life. God Almighty has prescribed the expiation for fasting, with the value of feeding 60 poor people two meals for each day that the Muslim did not fast without an excuse.
The difference between “fidyah” and Kaffarah for fasting?
The ransom is paid for those who were unable to fast due to a legitimate excuse such as chronic diseases. As for the expiation, it is obligatory on everyone who did not fast without a legitimate excuse.
Who is obliged to Kaffarah?
Every sane and capable Muslim who did not fast during the month of Ramadan and did not have a legitimate excuse, and in the event that the Muslim who is charged with fasting lives on the support of his father or guardian, then his father and guardian must pay this expiation on his behalf.
Is Kaffarah obligatory?
Fasting is an obligation, a pillar of Islam and one of its five pillars, and failure to fast without a legitimate excuse throws a Muslim on the brink of danger in the Hereafter. Atonement is the legal means imposed by God Almighty to repent and remove the sin of not fasting after Ramadan, and by it the Muslim is acquitted before God Almighty. So it is mandatory.