Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: I deliberately broke my fast on a day in the month of Ramadan, and during it I had intercourse with my wife. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Free a slave. He said: I do not have it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Give a sacrificial camel (badanah). He said: I do not have it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Give twenty sa' of dates in charity, or nineteen, or twenty-one sa'. He said: I do not have the means for that either. A measure containing twenty sa' of dates was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said: Give this in charity. He said: In all of Madinah there is no household needier of it than ours. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Feed it to your family.
(Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: In the Sahih there is a narration from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) about the man who had intercourse, but not with this wording.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains Layth bin Abi Sulaym; he is thiqah (trustworthy), but he is a mudallis (one who conceals defects in the chain).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الصيام / 4977
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