If fulfilling a vow of fasting becomes impossible, is it fulfilled with money?
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The first question of Fatwa No. ( 17827 )
Q1: Is it true that there is an expiation in money for a vow of fasting if it becomes impossible for the servant to fulfill it, and if so, what is the amount of this expiation for the vow of fasting?
A1: One who vows to fast specific days and then does not fast them must make them up, and he must expiate the delay with the expiation of an oath: freeing a believing slave, or feeding ten poor people, with each poor person receiving one and a half kilograms of food, or clothing ten poor people. If he is unable to do any of these three, he must fast three days; based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Ma'idah 5:89]
And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and his Companions.
Q1: Is it true that there is an expiation in money for a vow of fasting if it becomes impossible for the servant to fulfill it, and if so, what is the amount of this expiation for the vow of fasting?
A1: One who vows to fast specific days and then does not fast them must make them up, and he must expiate the delay with the expiation of an oath: freeing a believing slave, or feeding ten poor people, with each poor person receiving one and a half kilograms of food, or clothing ten poor people. If he is unable to do any of these three, he must fast three days; based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Allah will not impose blame upon you for what is meaningless in your oaths, but He will impose blame upon you for [breaking] what you intended of oaths. So its expiation is the feeding of ten needy people from the average of that which you feed your [own] families or clothing them or the freeing of a slave. But whoever cannot find [or afford it] - then a fast of three days [is required]. That is the expiation for oaths when you have sworn. But guard your oaths. Thus does Allah make clear to you His verses that you may be grateful.
لاَ يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللَّهُ بِاللَّغْوِ فِي أَيْمَانِكُمْ وَلَكِنْ يُؤَاخِذُكُمْ بِمَا عَقَّدْتُمُ الأَيْمَانَ فَكَفَّارَتُهُ إِطْعَامُ عَشَرَةِ مَسَاكِينَ مِنْ أَوْسَطِ مَا تُطْعِمُونَ أَهْلِيكُمْ أَوْ كِسْوَتُهُمْ أَوْ تَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَةٍ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ ذَلِكَ كَفَّارَةُ أَيْمَانِكُمْ إِذَا حَلَفْتُمْ وَاحْفَظُوا أَيْمَانَكُمْ كَذَلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ آيَاتِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَAnd success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and his Companions.
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