Expiation for Multiple Oaths and Giving Uncooked Rice
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The questioner:
The questioner says: I swore by Allah several times and did not fulfill what I swore to do, but I do not know how many oaths I made. How do I pay the expiation? Is it permissible to give uncooked rice?
The Shaykh:
I swore an oath.
The questioner:
He says: I swore by Allah several times and did not fulfill what I swore to do.
The Shaykh:
Does that mean he swore that he would do something? Yes?
The questioner:
It appears so, yes.
The Shaykh:
If he swore that he would do something and did not do it, the expiation is due on him without doubt, and the expiation multiplies. However, if the thing sworn upon is one single thing—meaning he swore that he would do one thing, then swore that he would do it, then swore that he would do it, meaning he repeated the oaths on one single thing—then one expiation is sufficient. They overlap. But if the oaths are on multiple things, then each oath has its own independent expiation. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: May Allah reward you. Is it permissible to give uncooked rice?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is permissible to give cooked or uncooked food. Feeding ten poor people means you give them cooked food in an amount that satisfies them, either for dinner or lunch, or you give them something uncooked, such as rice, wheat, dates, or the like. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: I swore by Allah several times and did not fulfill what I swore to do, but I do not know how many oaths I made. How do I pay the expiation? Is it permissible to give uncooked rice?
The Shaykh:
I swore an oath.
The questioner:
He says: I swore by Allah several times and did not fulfill what I swore to do.
The Shaykh:
Does that mean he swore that he would do something? Yes?
The questioner:
It appears so, yes.
The Shaykh:
If he swore that he would do something and did not do it, the expiation is due on him without doubt, and the expiation multiplies. However, if the thing sworn upon is one single thing—meaning he swore that he would do one thing, then swore that he would do it, then swore that he would do it, meaning he repeated the oaths on one single thing—then one expiation is sufficient. They overlap. But if the oaths are on multiple things, then each oath has its own independent expiation. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: May Allah reward you. Is it permissible to give uncooked rice?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is permissible to give cooked or uncooked food. Feeding ten poor people means you give them cooked food in an amount that satisfies them, either for dinner or lunch, or you give them something uncooked, such as rice, wheat, dates, or the like. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
تفسير الشيخ محمد بن عبدالوهاب [7] — alfawzan.live (1:24:35)
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