Expiation for an Oath in Feeding the Poor
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. The sister questioner, who used the letter Alif as a code for her name, says that she swore that if Allah provided her with something, she would give five sa' of barley to a million riyals. After this came to pass, she says the amount arrived and she intended to give it
Answer:
to these Muslim women as food. What is required of her now? She swore, or rather, she swore that she would either bring the women she swore for, or she would perform the expiation for an oath, choosing between the people. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. The sister questioner, who used the letter Alif as a code for her name, says that she swore that if Allah provided her with something, she would give five sa' of barley to a million riyals. After this came to pass, she says the amount arrived and she intended to give it
Answer:
to these Muslim women as food. What is required of her now? She swore, or rather, she swore that she would either bring the women she swore for, or she would perform the expiation for an oath, choosing between the people. Yes.
Source
الحنث في اليمين — alfawzan.live
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