[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and confessed that he had committed adultery during the month of Ramadan. The Prophet ﷺ advised him to free a slave but he replied that he couldn't afford it. Then the Prophet ﷺ suggested fasting for two consecutive months, but he insisted that he couldn't do it. The Prophet ﷺ then advised him to feed sixty poor people, but he replied that he couldn't find them. Finally, someone brought a container with fifteen measures of dates to the Prophet ﷺ and he instructed the man to distribute it as charity. The man, however, insisted that he and his family were in greater need of it. The Prophet ﷺ then told him that he and his family were the ones in need and instructed him to observe fasting for one day instead, and seek forgiveness from Allah, repeating this process as necessary.
أَنَّ رَجُلًا جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَاقَعَ أَهْلَهُ فِي رَمَضَانَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَعْتِقْ رَقَبَةً قَالَ لَا أَجِدُ قَالَ صُمْ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ قَالَ لَا أَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ أَطْعِمْ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا قَالَ لَا أَجِدُ قَالَ فَأُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَرَقٍ فِيهِ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ صَاعًا فَقَالَ خُذْ هَذَا فَتَصَدَّقْ بِهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا أَجِدُ أَحْوَجَ إِلَى هَذَا مِنِّي وَمِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي فَقَالَ كُلْهُ أَنْتَ وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِكَ وَصُمْ يَوْمًا مَكَانَهُ وَاسْتَغْفَرِ اللهَ وَكَذَلِكَ