The amount of the expiation for an oath and how it is paid out
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, regarding the expiation for an oath, yes, may Allah be Blessed. When feeding the poor, and that the remainder of the Qur'an [be given] to the Qur'an Association, which is established for the purpose of feeding the poor, in the delegation,
The Shaykh:
The amount of the expiation for an oath is as Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:89].
Each poor person receives half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), which is one and a half kilograms, meaning fifteen kilograms in total to be distributed among ten poor people, with each poor person receiving one and a half kilograms. This is the amount. It is permissible to pay money to someone who will buy food and distribute it on your behalf, provided you trust the agent. If you trust the agent that he will carry it out, buy food in the known amount, and distribute it to the poor, then appointing an agent is permissible. As for an association, who is responsible in it? An association where you do not know who?
A group of people where you do not know who took charge of this matter. It is not necessary that the agent be a specific person you know and designate for this. However, if it is merely an association and you do not know who took charge of this matter, then it is not permissible. This is a form of negligence. Yes.
The questioner:
There is no obligation to feed nine people.
The Shaykh:
It suffices for one person. If he starts with nine, and he gives it all to one poor person, it suffices for one, and the remaining nine are left over. Yes.
The questioner:
Thank you.
Another questioner:
If he fears that the ten days will pass.
The Shaykh:
What is suitable is to repeat it for him for ten days to one person. Allah, Glorified and Exalted, said "ten poor people," so it is necessary to adhere to this. Thus, he has only fed one poor person.
Another questioner:
Several, twenty-four, five.
The Shaykh:
Five expiations, and so on.
Another questioner:
Ten poor people.
The Shaykh:
Ten poor people, there is no objection to it, meaning you may pay several expiations to ten poor people, and this does not contradict the ruling, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, regarding the expiation for an oath, yes, may Allah be Blessed. When feeding the poor, and that the remainder of the Qur'an [be given] to the Qur'an Association, which is established for the purpose of feeding the poor, in the delegation,
The Shaykh:
The amount of the expiation for an oath is as Allah the Exalted said:
the feeding of ten needy people from the average of that which you feed your [own] families
إِطْعَامُ عَشَرَةِ مَسَاكِينَ مِنْ أَوْسَطِ مَا تُطْعِمُونَ أَهْلِيكُمْEach poor person receives half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), which is one and a half kilograms, meaning fifteen kilograms in total to be distributed among ten poor people, with each poor person receiving one and a half kilograms. This is the amount. It is permissible to pay money to someone who will buy food and distribute it on your behalf, provided you trust the agent. If you trust the agent that he will carry it out, buy food in the known amount, and distribute it to the poor, then appointing an agent is permissible. As for an association, who is responsible in it? An association where you do not know who?
A group of people where you do not know who took charge of this matter. It is not necessary that the agent be a specific person you know and designate for this. However, if it is merely an association and you do not know who took charge of this matter, then it is not permissible. This is a form of negligence. Yes.
The questioner:
There is no obligation to feed nine people.
The Shaykh:
It suffices for one person. If he starts with nine, and he gives it all to one poor person, it suffices for one, and the remaining nine are left over. Yes.
The questioner:
Thank you.
Another questioner:
If he fears that the ten days will pass.
The Shaykh:
What is suitable is to repeat it for him for ten days to one person. Allah, Glorified and Exalted, said "ten poor people," so it is necessary to adhere to this. Thus, he has only fed one poor person.
Another questioner:
Several, twenty-four, five.
The Shaykh:
Five expiations, and so on.
Another questioner:
Ten poor people.
The Shaykh:
Ten poor people, there is no objection to it, meaning you may pay several expiations to ten poor people, and this does not contradict the ruling, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 48 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب النكاح|فصل في تزويج الأب أولاده الصغار|صالح الفوزان|الفقه — youtube.com (1:09:59)
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