10-11-2003, 12:39 PM
She had an intercourse with her husband during fasting hours, she does not know what she should do. She can not fast two months continuously. She prefers to feed 60 poor people, however she is not sure when she should do that is it during Ramadan or at any time?
A. Copulation is forbidden during fasting hours of Ramadan, it is a major sin. Allah made repentance mandatory in such a case along with making up the day in which copulation occurred. In addition to the major expiation in the form of: A. Free a slave (in case of difficulty either because slavery is not available or the person at fault can not afford to purchase a slave) one may move to the next option. B. Fast two continuous months. In case this option is also not possible. But the difficulty has to be strictly due to health or profession reasons. In other words, one should not be lazy to fast or reluctant to undertake the difficulty associated with the expiation. In such case one may move to. C. Feed 60 poor people. Each day in which copulation occurred stands with an individual expiation. One should try to estimate the number of days when they are unknown to him/her then perform expiation for each day. Sheikh Saleh Ibn Fawzan Alfawzan 29 / 5/1422 H