a man came to the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, and he said: I am to perish! I am to perish! So he said: And what will cause you to perish? He said: I (sexually) approached my woman during the Month of Ramadhan whilst I was fasting. The Prophet then said to him: Liberate a neck (in captivity). He said: I cannot find. He said: Then fast for two consecutive months. He said: I cannot handle. He said: Give charity to sixty needy ones. He said: I cannot find (affordability). He said: Then the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, was given ‘irq or mukattal in which there were fifteen saa’ [1] of dates. The Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, then said: Take it and give it as charity. He said: By He who sent you with the truth as a Prophet, between its two laba’s, there is no household more in need of it than us. So he said: Take it and eat it, you and your family, for indeed, it is an expiation to you.