The ruling on paying a sum to free a slave outside the Kingdom as expiation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh! Currently, there are people who take ten thousand riyals and free a slave outside the Kingdom, and they are trustworthy. What is your opinion on this matter? And is this sufficient for the expiation?
Answer:
If you say that they are enslaved, and if they are truly enslaved, then there is no harm. However, if you do not know about them, the deceptions are numerous today and the fraudsters are many. Slavery is generally not found, but if they are enslaved and you trust them one hundred percent, if you trust them in this matter, it will not lead to the threat of the mosque. If you trust them, there is no objection. But if you have no certainty or confidence in them, this does not indicate the mosque, because the nature of the response is often lying, and there is no truth in it.
Honorable Shaykh! Currently, there are people who take ten thousand riyals and free a slave outside the Kingdom, and they are trustworthy. What is your opinion on this matter? And is this sufficient for the expiation?
Answer:
If you say that they are enslaved, and if they are truly enslaved, then there is no harm. However, if you do not know about them, the deceptions are numerous today and the fraudsters are many. Slavery is generally not found, but if they are enslaved and you trust them one hundred percent, if you trust them in this matter, it will not lead to the threat of the mosque. If you trust them, there is no objection. But if you have no certainty or confidence in them, this does not indicate the mosque, because the nature of the response is often lying, and there is no truth in it.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الرجعة، وباب الإيلاء والظهار والكفارة — islamhouse.com (1:04:40)
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