Is one expiation sufficient for multiple oaths?
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Question:
The questioner says: I have three oaths, each concerning a separate matter. My question, Honorable Shaykh, is: if I give a fifty-kilo bag of rice to a needy family, is that sufficient to expiate for all of them?
Answer:
It is necessary to count the oaths, and we do not know whether they require an expiation or not. If the oaths are established and they require an expiation, then if they are about one single matter, one expiation is sufficient for all of them. If they are about multiple matters, then each oath requires a separate expiation. If he knows the number, he acts according to his knowledge and expiates for each oath. If he does not know the number, he estimates it by what he believes to be the most likely number and expiates for that.
The questioner says: I have three oaths, each concerning a separate matter. My question, Honorable Shaykh, is: if I give a fifty-kilo bag of rice to a needy family, is that sufficient to expiate for all of them?
Answer:
It is necessary to count the oaths, and we do not know whether they require an expiation or not. If the oaths are established and they require an expiation, then if they are about one single matter, one expiation is sufficient for all of them. If they are about multiple matters, then each oath requires a separate expiation. If he knows the number, he acts according to his knowledge and expiates for each oath. If he does not know the number, he estimates it by what he believes to be the most likely number and expiates for that.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7155- هل تكفي كفارة واحدة عن عدة أيمان؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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