one day from one expiation, so delivering it to him a second time on the same day does not suffice, just as if he had delivered both (1) to him from a single expiation. Based on this narration, it is sufficient for one of the two expiations. Does he have the right to take it back for the other? It is considered: if he informed him that it was for an expiation, he may take it back, otherwise not. It is also derived that he may not take anything back, based on what we mentioned regarding Zakat. The first narration is more analogically sound and more correct, for considering the number of poor people is more appropriate than considering the number of days, and if he had delivered it to him over two days, it would be sufficient; also, if the deliverer were two different people, it would suffice for both of them, so the same applies if the deliverer is one person. If he gave sixty mudds to thirty poor people from a single expiation, it suffices him for that portion of thirty, and he feeds another thirty. If he delivered the sixty from two expiations, it is sufficient for him according to one of the two narrations, and it does not suffice in the other [except for] (3) thirty. The second matter is that what is sufficient in feeding is what is sufficient in the Fitrah, which is wheat, barley, dates, and raisins, whether it is their staple food or not, and what is other than these. The Qadi said: It is not sufficient to dispense [other items], whether it is the staple food of his land or not, because the report came regarding the dispensing of these specific types, as mentioned in the hadiths we have narrated, and because it is the type dispensed in the Fitrah, so nothing else suffices, just as if it were not the staple food of his land. Abu al-Khattab said: In my view, it is sufficient for him to dispense from all grains that are the staple food of his land, such as corn, millet, and rice, because Allah the Exalted said: "...from the average of that which you feed your families" (4). This is something he feeds his family, so it is mandatory that it should suffice by the manifest meaning of the text. This is the Madhhab of al-Shafi'i. If he dispenses something other than his land's staple food that is of higher quality, he has increased in goodness, but if it is lower in quality, it does not suffice, and this is the better view.

Section: The most excellent according to Abu Abd Allah is to dispense grain, because by doing so he exits the disagreement, and it is in its state of perfection, as it is stored in that form and prepared for all its benefits, unlike other items. If he dispenses