If I have an expiation for an oath to pay, and I find five poor people, am I permitted to feed them twice and thereby have fed them?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: If I have an expiation for an oath to pay, and I find five poor people, am I permitted to feed them twice and thereby have fed them?
Answer:
No, no. Even if you fed them a thousand times, you would have fed only five, and five would still remain for you to feed. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: If I have an expiation for an oath to pay, and I find five poor people, am I permitted to feed them twice and thereby have fed them?
Answer:
No, no. Even if you fed them a thousand times, you would have fed only five, and five would still remain for you to feed. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [610 -939] إذا كان علي كفارة يمين، ووجدت خمسة مساكين، فهل لي أن أطعمهم مرتين وأكون بذلك قد أطعمتهم؟ — youtube.com
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