Is it sufficient to feed one poor person ten times as expiation for an oath?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. She says: I heard on the program *Nur 'ala al-Darb* that the expiation for an oath is distributed among ten poor people. Since I gave the expiation for an oath to fewer than ten poor people, is the ruling then lifted from me, or is it still remaining? And if feeding a person is repeated more than once, is the ruling still remaining? The question is from the listener Umm Muhammad from Dammam.
Answer:
If a Muslim is required to pay the expiation for an oath, and he feeds a number of poor people that does not reach ten, then he must complete the ten. It is obligatory for the questioner to complete the ten; she should feed the remaining number of the ten, building upon her initial feeding, which is valid. As for repeating the feeding of one poor person, it is only sufficient for one, and nine remain. Repeating it for one person is not sufficient for the ten. No matter how many times he repeats it, he has only fed one poor person, and nine poor people remain upon him. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. She says: I heard on the program *Nur 'ala al-Darb* that the expiation for an oath is distributed among ten poor people. Since I gave the expiation for an oath to fewer than ten poor people, is the ruling then lifted from me, or is it still remaining? And if feeding a person is repeated more than once, is the ruling still remaining? The question is from the listener Umm Muhammad from Dammam.
Answer:
If a Muslim is required to pay the expiation for an oath, and he feeds a number of poor people that does not reach ten, then he must complete the ten. It is obligatory for the questioner to complete the ten; she should feed the remaining number of the ten, building upon her initial feeding, which is valid. As for repeating the feeding of one poor person, it is only sufficient for one, and nine remain. Repeating it for one person is not sufficient for the ten. No matter how many times he repeats it, he has only fed one poor person, and nine poor people remain upon him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2426- هل يجزئ إطعام مسكين واحد عشر مرات عن كفارة اليمين؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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