The Amount of the Expiation for an Oath and Feeding the Poor
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The questioner:
This is a question. We say: We do not seek blessing in the expiation for an oath.
The Shaykh:
The amount of the expiation for an oath is fifteen kilograms for ten poor people, each receiving one and a half kilograms. This is the amount of half a Nabawi sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), which is one and a half kilograms, because the Nabawi sa' is approximately three kilograms, and half of it is one and a half kilograms. If he gives one and a half kilograms to each of the ten poor people, that is the expiation for the oath.
If he wants to clothe the poor, he gives each person a garment that suffices him for prayer. If he gives him a garment along with a ghutrah or a shemagh, that is perfection. However, the obligatory thing is to give him a garment only. This is if he wants to provide clothing. If he wants to free a slave, that is longer, or freeing a slave, that is longer.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. He asks: Is the expiation for one poor person or for several poor people?
The Shaykh:
Which expiation?
The questioner:
Carefully.
The Shaykh:
Allah specified this. He, the Exalted and Majestic, said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:89] If he feeds one, where are the others? Does he feed ten poor people? Yes.
The questioner:
I mean if it is repeated.
The Shaykh:
No, it is not repeated for one person. If he gave him all of it and repeated it for him, it does not suffice except for one person. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
This is a question. We say: We do not seek blessing in the expiation for an oath.
The Shaykh:
The amount of the expiation for an oath is fifteen kilograms for ten poor people, each receiving one and a half kilograms. This is the amount of half a Nabawi sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), which is one and a half kilograms, because the Nabawi sa' is approximately three kilograms, and half of it is one and a half kilograms. If he gives one and a half kilograms to each of the ten poor people, that is the expiation for the oath.
If he wants to clothe the poor, he gives each person a garment that suffices him for prayer. If he gives him a garment along with a ghutrah or a shemagh, that is perfection. However, the obligatory thing is to give him a garment only. This is if he wants to provide clothing. If he wants to free a slave, that is longer, or freeing a slave, that is longer.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. He asks: Is the expiation for one poor person or for several poor people?
The Shaykh:
Which expiation?
The questioner:
Carefully.
The Shaykh:
Allah specified this. He, the Exalted and Majestic, said:
So its expiation is the feeding of ten needy people
فَكَفَّارَتُهُ إِطْعَامُ عَشَرَةِ مَسَاكِينَThe questioner:
I mean if it is repeated.
The Shaykh:
No, it is not repeated for one person. If he gave him all of it and repeated it for him, it does not suffice except for one person. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-103-واجب المسلم تجاه الأفكار والآراء المضللة|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (31:49)
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