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to pay Dam or donate Ṣadaqaĥ to six Masākīn instead of Dam. If
six Ṣadaqāt are donated to the same Miskīn 1 , it will be considered as
one Ṣadaqaĥ. Therefore, it is necessary to give six Ṣadaqāt to six
different Masākīn.
The second option is that six Masākīn can be provided with two full
meals (such that they are full) instead of paying Dam. The third option
is that if he does not want to donate Ṣadaqaĥ etc., he can observe
three fasts; thus his Dam will get paid. If such an unintentional
offence occurs that makes Ṣadaqaĥ Wājib, then there is the choice
either to pay Ṣadaqaĥ or keep one fast instead.
Important ruling regarding expiatory fast
(Mulakhkhaṣ az: Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, vol. 1, pp. 1162)
In case of observing expiatory fast, it is a condition that its intention
must be made within the night, i.e. before Ṣubḥ-e-Ṣādiq. The intention
may be made in these words: ‘I am going to observe fast for such and
such expiation.’ Iḥrām is not a condition for these fasts. Similarly, it
is also not a condition to observe such fasts consecutively.
The act of donating Ṣadaqaĥ and that of observing the fast may be
performed in one’s own country as well. However, it is preferable to
donate Ṣadaqaĥ and food to the Masākīn of Ḥaram. It is a condition
that the animal for Dam and Badanaĥ be slaughtered within Ḥaram.
Rulings for sacrifice of Hajj and meat of animal of Dam
It is a condition for the sacrifice performed in gratitude to Hajj that
it be performed within the limits of Ḥaram. The meat of this animal
can be eaten by the sacrifice-performing person as well as the rich
and the poor, but that of the one slaughtered to pay Dam or Badanaĥ
1
A Miskīn is the one who does not possess anything and who has to beg others for food
or clothes for covering the body. Begging is Ḥalāl (allowed) for him.