Is it permissible to give the fidyah (compensation) for a sick person directly to the poor, or is it necessary to provide food?
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Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Khamenei (may God protect him):
It is not sufficient to give the monetary value of the fidyah to the poor instead of food. However, you can give the value to the poor if you are assured that they will buy the specified food on your behalf and then take it as a form of expiation.
Source: Special Inquiry.
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sistani (may God protect him):
The monetary value is not sufficient for the fidyah; it is necessary to provide the actual food. The same ruling applies to expiations.
Source: Minhaj al-Salihin, Vol. 1, Issue 1055.
May you be successful in all good.