Is it permissible to pay the expiation for an oath in cash?
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Question:
He asks about the expiation for an oath: is it permissible to pay it in coins or cash?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible, because Allah said that its expiation is feeding ten poor people. Feeding is not money, so you buy food and distribute it to ten poor people. Food is not money; this is the wording of the verse: its expiation is feeding.[Al-Ma'idah 5:89] You give each of the ten poor people a garment to wear. You give him a garment to wear if he is one of those who wear garments, or a covering and trousers, which they call an izar and a rida, according to custom, according to the clothing of the country. You give him what he wears from what the people of the country wear. Yes.
He asks about the expiation for an oath: is it permissible to pay it in coins or cash?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible, because Allah said that its expiation is feeding ten poor people. Feeding is not money, so you buy food and distribute it to ten poor people. Food is not money; this is the wording of the verse: its expiation is feeding.
ten needy people from the average of that which you feed your [own] families or clothing them
عَشَرَةِ مَسَاكِينَ مِنْ أَوْسَطِ مَا تُطْعِمُونَ أَهْلِيكُمْ أَوْ كِسْوَتُهُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز إخراج كفارة اليمين نقدا؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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