This is understood as applying when the intercourse took place at the end of menstruation because if it were at the beginning or middle of menstruation, the penalty of a dinar or half a dinar would not have been overlooked as mentioned previously. When it occurs at the end of menstruation, and the prescribed expiation is lessened, he is advised to distribute it among ten poor individuals, as directed. This explanation encompasses all the detailed rulings mentioned earlier.
Commentary #16