What does Kaffarah mean?
Expiation: a set act that makes up for breaking an oath, a fast, or another duty.
Kaffarah explained
Breaking an oath is expiated by feeding ten poor people, clothing them, or fasting three days. Deliberately breaking a Ramadan fast requires sixty consecutive days of fasting or feeding sixty poor.
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Questions about Kaffarah
What does Kaffarah mean?
Kaffarah (كَفَّارَة, Kaffarah) means: Expiation: a set act that makes up for breaking an oath, a fast, or another duty.
How is Kaffarah written and pronounced in Arabic?
It is written كَفَّارَة and pronounced Kaffarah. It is also spelled Expiation.
Where does Kaffarah come from in the Quran or hadith?
Breaking an oath is expiated by feeding ten poor people, clothing them, or fasting three days. Deliberately breaking a Ramadan fast requires sixty consecutive days of fasting or feeding sixty poor. Source: Al-Ma'idah 5:89; Sahih al-Bukhari 1936.
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