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كَفّارَة
Kaffarah
A fixed expiation owed for certain deliberate breaches, heavier than simply making the act up.
Also written · Kaffara · Kafara · Kaffarat · Kefaret · Kaffarah for fasting · expiation · atonement · Kaffarat al-yamin
The meaning
What Kaffarah means in Islam
For deliberately breaking a Ramadan fast, the expiation is to fast sixty consecutive days, or if unable, to feed sixty poor people, alongside making up the day. Hanafis and Malikis apply this to deliberate eating and drinking as well as intercourse; Shafi'is and Hanbalis restrict it to intercourse. A separate and much lighter kaffarah exists for breaking an oath. It is not owed by someone who broke the fast by mistake or out of genuine need.
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Words that sit beside it
- Qada (making up worship)Performing an obligatory act of worship after its proper time has passed, to make it up.قَضاء
- SawmFasting: abstaining from food, drink and intimacy from true dawn until sunset, with intention.صَوْم
- FidyahFeeding a poor person for each fast that a person is permanently unable to keep or make up.فِدْيَة
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