tawaf e wida

1. Tawaf E Wida What is forbidden for us during the day of fasting is to eat, drink and have sex. All these become permissible when the day ends at sunset. It is certainly a grave sin to have intercourse with one’s wife during the day of fasting. It does not only invalidate the fast, but it also means committing a sin for which a heavy penalty is applicable. tawaf e wida Before the abolishing of slavery, the penalty was to free a slave. Since this is not available now, the alternative penalties are applicable. Hence, a man who commits this sin must fast two consecutive months. In addition, he must compensate for the day he invalidated by fasting a day instead. This means that he fasts 60 consecutive days in penalty, and one day in compensation. If the person concerned is too weak to fast, then he must feed 60 poor people, two meals each, of the average meal he and his family normally take. This is applicable whether the intercourse is done deliberately during a day of Ramadan, or if the man has forgotten that he is fasting. Some scholars require the woman to pay the same penalty, but many are those who say that she does not incur the penalty. They universally agree that if the man forces his wife while she resists, then she does not incur any penalty, but she has to fast a day instead of the one spoilt by the intercourse. When a sin is committed, which carries a specific penalty, and the penalty is given, the sin is totally compensated for, and the person concerned will not be questioned about it on the Day of Judgment. Therefore, if a man who has had intercourse with his wife during the day of Ramadan pays the penalty and compensation, i.e. he fasts 61 days, his sin is forgiven, God willing.