The Expiation for an Oath and Giving It to One Person
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The questioner:
Is the expiation for an oath to be performed in a specific order, or can it be delayed? And am I allowed to give it to one person?
The Shaykh:
The expiation for an oath has an order, and it has an order. There is a choice between three things: freeing a slave, or feeding ten poor people, or clothing ten poor people. One is given the choice to do any one of these. If he does not find any of these three, then he moves to fasting. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:196] The sequence only comes after being unable to do one of these three: freeing a slave, feeding, or clothing. As for one person, it does not suffice for the ten; ten poor people are required. So if he gives it to one, it does not suffice except for one, and nine remain upon him. Does he mean, O Shaykh? And he gathered the ten and gave it to them. Food and ten. It is not valid. We said it is not sufficient. One person suffices for himself, for one person, and nine remain upon him. Yes. Um.
Is the expiation for an oath to be performed in a specific order, or can it be delayed? And am I allowed to give it to one person?
The Shaykh:
The expiation for an oath has an order, and it has an order. There is a choice between three things: freeing a slave, or feeding ten poor people, or clothing ten poor people. One is given the choice to do any one of these. If he does not find any of these three, then he moves to fasting. Allah the Exalted said:
And whoever cannot find [or afford such an animal] - then a fast of three days
فَمَن لَّمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- أسئلة وأجوبة من دروس التوحيد - الفوزان - أسئلة التوحيد - ٠٨ — archive.org (40:55)
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