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'''Kaffāra''' (Arabic: الکفارة) is a penalty or fine imposed on committing certain prohibited actions or omitting certain obligations. Some of these penalties are financial and some are worships. The main kaffaras consist in the emancipation of a slave, feeding or providing clothes for 60 people in need, 60 days of fasting 31 of which should be consecutive, and slaughtering a sheep. | {{Under construction}} | ||
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'''Kaffāra''' (Arabic: الکفارة) is a penalty or fine imposed on committing certain [[Haram|prohibited]] actions or omitting certain [[Wajib|obligations]]. Some of these penalties are financial and some are worships. The main kaffaras consist in the emancipation of a [[slave]], feeding or providing clothes for 60 people in need, 60 days of [[fasting]] 31 of which should be consecutive, and [[slaughtering]] a sheep. | |||
The main actions or omissions leading to kaffara consist in intentionally or unintentionally killing a human being, intentionally breaking one's fast, breaking one's promise, vow or swear, and committing some prohibited actions during [[hajj]] and [['umra]]. | The main actions or omissions leading to kaffara consist in intentionally or unintentionally killing a human being, intentionally breaking one's fast, breaking one's promise, vow or swear, and committing some prohibited actions during [[hajj]] and [['umra]]. | ||
[[Fidya]] | [[Fidya]] (atonement), which is obligatory when some non-prohibited actions are committed, also counts as a sort of kaffara. | ||
==Lexicology== | ==Lexicology== | ||
The word "kaffara" is from the Arabic root "k-f-r" literally meaning to cover. A farmer is called in Arabic "kafir" since he covers the seeds under the earth. In the Quranic verse: | The word "kaffara" is from the Arabic root "k-f-r" literally meaning to cover. A farmer is called in Arabic "kafir" since he covers the seeds under the earth. In the [[Quranic verse]]: | ||
if the people of the book had believed and kept from evil, we would cover (kaffar-na) their sins (5:35), | if the [[people of the book]] had believed and kept from [[evil]], we would cover (kaffar-na) their sins ([[Q 5|5]]:35), | ||
the verb "kaffarna" (Arabic: کفرنا) means to cover the sins. Kaffara is called so because it covers the sins. | the verb "kaffarna" (Arabic: کفرنا) means to cover the sins. Kaffara is called so because it covers the sins. | ||