The amount of food to be given to a poor person in the expiation for an oath

Question:
The questioner asks: What is the value of feeding a poor person in the expiation for an oath? And is it permissible to give the food for ten people to only two individuals?

Answer:
The majority of scholars hold that the amount given to a poor person is a mudd, which is a quarter of a sa'. This is the position of the majority.
Some scholars held that it is half a sa', meaning two mudds; a single mudd is not sufficient, but rather each poor person should receive two mudds. This is what Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him) used to issue as a fatwa: that it is half a sa'. In any case, whether one gives a mudd or two mudds, it is all good, if Allah wills. As for limiting it to two of the ten, that only suffices for two, and eight remain. Eight remain, and one must feed them, because Allah specified feeding ten poor people. Two, or one, or five, or nine do not suffice for the ten; one must complete the ten.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.