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The
virtues of feeding the fasting person
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Question: Some people hold banquets and give
invitations in Ramadhaan making it a month of occasions. Others
slaughter, and distribute the meat, in charity and make other
types of effort with food. What is the ruling regarding this?
Response:
Yes, offering food in Ramadhaan has extra virtue due to the
nobility of the time and the need that the fasting people
have for food. The Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) said: ((Whoever feeds a fasting person
will have a reward like that of his reward (i.e. the one fasting))),
so preparing food in this month for the needy is from the
best of actions because (the reward for giving) charity in
the month of Ramadhaan is multiplied more than in the other
months.
Shaykh
Ibn Fowzaan
Fataawa Ramadhaan - Volume 1, Page 38, Fatwa No.11;
al- Fataawa libni Fowzaan - Kitaab ad-Da'wah, Volume 1, Page
153-154
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