The saying of Allah the Exalted: "Then a ransom of fasting"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Ujrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me, while the lice of his head were troubling him: "Slaughter a sheep as a sacrifice to draw near to Allah, or fast three days, or feed six poor people, such that every two poor people receive one sa' of dates."

Mujahid and Ibrahim said, in explaining the words of Allah Almighty: "Then a ransom of fasting, or charity, or a sacrifice" [al-Baqarah: 196]: fasting means three fasts, charity means three sa', and sacrifice means slaughtering a sheep.

Al-Hasan said: The ransom means ten fasts, the charity means feeding ten poor people, and the sacrifice means a slaughtered animal.

Abu Mijlaz said: Fasting means three fasts, charity means feeding six poor people, and sacrifice means slaughtering a sheep.

The same is also narrated from Ata.

Alqamah said: Fasting means three days of fasting, charity means feeding three sa' to six poor people, and sacrifice means slaughtering a sheep.

Ibrahim said: Sa'id bin Jubayr asked me, and I informed him.

He said: This is what Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said.

Something similar is reported from Ibrahim; he said: I narrated it to Sa'id bin Jubayr.

He said: This is what Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said.

Tawus said: What this verse means is fasting three days, sacrificing a sheep, and giving charity to six poor people.

Something similar is reported from Abu Malik.

Ikrimah said: A pilgrim who is afflicted by an illness or an ailment of his head must fast ten days, or feed ten poor people, or sacrifice a sheep.