“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who purposely destroys one day of the fast of the month of Ramadan. He (the Imam) said, ‘Once a man came to the Holy prophet, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, and said, “O Messenger of Allah!” He (the Messenger of Allah) replied, “What is the matter with you?” He replied, “I fell on my wife.” He (the Messenger of Allah) said, “Give charity and repent.” He (the man) said, “I swear by the One who has made your right great, there is nothing in my house small and very little or large and a great deal.” He (the Imam) said that a man then came with a massive bushel of dates which was twenty Sa‘, each of which was equal to ten of our Sa‘. The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, said to him (the man), “Take this and give it as charity.” He (the man) said, “O Messenger of Allah, to whom should I give this charity when I have told you that in my house there is nothing little or a great deal.” He (the Messenger of Allah) said, “Take it and feed your family and ask Allah for forgiveness.’” He (the narrator) has said that when we came out (of the meeting) our people told us that expiation is to set free a slave saying, ‘Set free a slave, fast or give charity.’”