Consecutive Fasting of Three Days as Expiation for an Oath
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If I owe the expiation for an oath and I am unable to feed the poor, do I have to fast three consecutive days, or is it permissible for them to be non-consecutive?
Answer:
No, the ruling is that the three days of fasting must be consecutive; consecutiveness is a condition. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If I owe the expiation for an oath and I am unable to feed the poor, do I have to fast three consecutive days, or is it permissible for them to be non-consecutive?
Answer:
No, the ruling is that the three days of fasting must be consecutive; consecutiveness is a condition. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب العضل — islamhouse.com (1:05:57)
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