He limited himself to the portion for which he found nothing else. The hadith of Aws, the brother of Ubadah, is mursal (a chain missing the Companion); Ata’ narrates it from him but did not meet him, although it is an argument for us because the Prophet - may Allah bless him and grant him peace - gave him a basket, and his wife assisted him with another, so they became thirty sa's in total. As for the rest of the reports, we reconcile them with our reports by interpreting them as permissible acts, while our reports are interpreted as valid performances. This has been supported by the fact that Ibn Abbas, the narrator of some of them, held the view that a mudd of wheat is sufficient, as did Abu Hurayrah and the rest of the reports we have mentioned, along with the consensus transmitted by Sulayman ibn Yasar. And Allah knows best.
Section: The discussion remains regarding the feeding in three matters: its method, the type of food, and those entitled to it. As for its method, the manifest position of the Madhhab is that it is obligatory to transfer ownership of the required amount of the expiation to each of the poor persons (29). If he were to give the poor lunch or dinner, it would not suffice for him, whether he did so with the required amount, less, or more. Even if he gave each one a mudd for lunch, it would not suffice unless he transferred ownership of it to them. This is the position of al-Shafi'i. From Ahmad, there is another narration that it suffices if he feeds them the required amount due to them. This is the opinion of al-Nakha'i and Abu Haniifah. Anas fed people as an expiation for fasting (31). Ahmad said: "He fed them a large amount and prepared bowls." He mentioned the hadith of Hammad ibn Salamah from Thabit from Anas. This is because of the word of Allah, the Exalted: "...then the feeding of sixty poor persons" (33). Since he has fed them, it ought to suffice him, and because he has fed the poor, it is valid as if he had transferred ownership to them. Our argument is that what has been transmitted from the Companions is the giving of ownership; in the statements of Zayd, Ibn Abbas, Ibn Umar, and Abu Hurayrah, there is [a requirement of] a mudd for each poor person. The Prophet - may Allah bless him and grant him peace - said to Ka'b regarding the expiation for harm:
(29) Omitted from: Al-Asl (the original manuscript). (30) In (B): "lil-qadr" (for the amount). (31) Preceded in 4/384. It was extracted by al-Daraqutni in: The Chapter on the Rising of the Sun After Breaking the Fast, from the Book of Fasting. Sunan al-Daraqutni 2/207. And al-Bayhaqi in: The Chapter on the Elderly Person Who Cannot Fast..., from the Book of Fasting. Al-Sunan al-Kubra 4/271. And Abd al-Razzaq in: The Chapter on the Elderly Person, from the Book of Fasting. Al-Musannaf 4/220. And al-Tabarani in: Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir 1/214. (32) In Al-Asl: "wada'a" (placed). (33) Surah al-Mujadilah 4.
