Increasing the number of poor people beyond ten in the expiation
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I prepared food sufficient for ten poor people as the expiation for an oath, and I presented it to the poor. However, there were more than ten of them, and the food was not enough for them. Is anything required of me?
Answer:
Yes, if there are more than ten and the food is not enough for each one, you are required to complete it for them until they are satisfied.[Al-Ma'idah 5:89]. Feeding includes providing them with food to eat, and it includes providing them with grains and staples to cook. It covers both. But if there are more than ten and the food is little, you have not fulfilled the expiation; you must complete it so that they are satisfied.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I prepared food sufficient for ten poor people as the expiation for an oath, and I presented it to the poor. However, there were more than ten of them, and the food was not enough for them. Is anything required of me?
Answer:
Yes, if there are more than ten and the food is not enough for each one, you are required to complete it for them until they are satisfied.
So its expiation is the feeding of ten needy people
فَكَفَّارَتُهُ إِطْعَامُ عَشَرَةِ مَسَاكِينَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/135 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (51:15)
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