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Q: A man had intercourse with his wife during daylight hours of Ramadan on two consecutive days and he is obliged to make two corresponding expiations and feeding one hundred and twenty poor persons. Is it permissible for the said person to feed sixty persons with the amount of food he would give for one hundred and twenty, namely giving for each one poor person the food of two, or he has to offer one meal for each poor person, and by that feeding one hundred and twenty persons. Kindly give us your Fatwa in this regard. May Allah reward you!

A: It is obligatory on whoever has sexual intercourse with his wife in the daytime of Ramadan to repent to Allah, ask His forgiveness and make up for the missed days during which he did this reprehensible act. Besides, he has to pay Kaffarah (expiation) for every corresponding day. The Kaffarah is to free a slave; if that is not possible then he must fast for two consecutive months; if he is unable to do that then he must feed sixty poor persons, and there is nothing wrong with paying more than one Kaffarah to the same poor person.May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.