'What is the matter with you?' He said: 'I have had intercourse with my wife while I was fasting.' The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: 'Can you find a slave to emancipate?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Are you able to fast for two consecutive months?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Can you find [the means to] feed sixty needy people?' He said: 'No.' The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) remained silent, and while we were in that state, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was brought a basket containing dates—the 'araq is the basket (6)—and he said: 'Where is the questioner?' He said: 'I am.' He said: 'Take this and give it as charity.' The man said: 'To someone poorer than me, O Messenger of Allah? For by Allah, there is no household between its two lava tracts poorer than my household.' The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) laughed until his canine teeth appeared, then said: 'Feed it to your family.' Muttafaq 'alayh (7). It is not permissible to consider the performance (ada) in this regard [equivalent to] the making up (qada); because the performance is linked to a specific time that defines it, while the making up is held in the liability (dhimmah), and prayer does not involve financial compensation, unlike our issue.
The third issue is that regarding intercourse other than in the vagina, if it is accompanied by ejaculation, there are two narrations from Ahmad. One of them is that he is liable for the expiation, and this is the opinion of Malik, 'Ata', al-Hasan, Ibn al-Mubarak, and Ishaq; because it is breaking the fast through intercourse, so it necessitates the expiation, like intercourse in the vagina. The second [narration] is: there is no expiation for it. This is the school of al-Shafi'i,
(6) Al-Miktal: A basket made of palm leaves. (7) Recorded by Al-Bukhari, in: 'Chapter: If one has intercourse during Ramadan...', and in: 'Chapter: Should the one who has intercourse in Ramadan feed [the poor]...', from the Book of Fasting. And in: 'Chapter: If one grants a gift and the other takes possession of it without saying 'I have accepted', from the Book of Gifts. And in: 'Chapter: The spending of a destitute person on his family', from the Book of Maintenance. And in: 'Chapter: Smiling and laughing', and in: 'Chapter: What has been reported regarding the saying of a man: 'Woe to you'', from the Book of Etiquette. And in: 'Chapter: The saying of the Almighty: 'Allah has ordained for you the dissolution of your oaths'...', and in: 'Chapter: One who encounters a destitute person in expiation', and in: 'Chapter: The one who gives ten [measures] in expiation...' from the Book of Expiations. And in: 'Chapter: The one who commits a sin...', from the Book of Legal Punishments. Sahih al-Bukhari 3/41, 42, 210, 7/86, 8/29, 47, 180, 181, 8/206. And Muslim, in: 'Chapter: The prohibition of intercourse during the daylight of Ramadan...', from the Book of Fasting. Sahih Muslim 2/781, 782. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud, in: 'Chapter: On the expiation of one who approaches his wife in Ramadan', from the Book of Fasting. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/557. And al-Tirmidhi, in: 'Chapter: What has been reported regarding the expiation for breaking the fast in Ramadan', from the Book of Fasting. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 3/250. And Imam Malik, in: 'Chapter: The expiation of one who breaks his fast in Ramadan', from the Book of Fasting. Al-Muwatta 1/296. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 2/208, 241, 273, 516.
